{"product_id":"the-body-of-the-soul-stories-9780300270938","title":"The Body of the Soul: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new collection of stories by the acclaimed Ludmila Ulitskaya, masterfully translated into English\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Best of the Week Pick - A \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e choice for Best World Literature of 2023 - A \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Translation of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] magnificent collection . . . [by] a writer of boundless tenderness.\"--Geneviève Brisac, \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Centrifugal, pensive, often elusive stories by one of the greatest living Russian writers (and leading anti-Putinist). . . . The stories are marvels of economy and the unexpected twist, each a memorable tour de force. . . . A welcome introduction to the short fiction of an essential writer.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While we can feel, know, and study the body, the soul refuses definition. Where does it begin and end? What does the soul have to do with love? Does it exist at all, and if so, does it outlast the body? Or are the soul and body really one and the same? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These are questions posed by the characters who inhabit this book of stories by the award-winning Russian writer Ludmila Ulitskaya. A woman believes that the best way to control her life is to control her death. A landscape photographer wonders if the beauty he has witnessed can triumph over decay. A coroner dedicated to science is confronted by a startling physical anomaly, a lonely divorcée experiences an extraordinary transformation, a librarian whose life is devoted to language finds words slipping away from her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these eleven stories, artfully rendered into English by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, Ulitskaya maps the edges of our lives, tracing a delicate geography of the soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLudmila Ulitskaya\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1943) is an internationally acclaimed Russian novelist and short story writer. \u003cb\u003eRichard Pevear\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eLarissa Volokhonsky\u003c\/b\u003e are an award-winning team of literary translators who have translated over thirty works from the Russian.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50599654129938,"sku":"9780300270938","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6f929cf0-9a63-4140-92dd-73fcf549124a.jpg?v=1732203486","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-body-of-the-soul-stories-9780300270938","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}