The Anna Karenina Fix
Life Lessons from Russian Literature
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European, Russian, Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Self Help
| Author: | Viv Groskop | ISBN: | 9781683353447 |
| Publisher: | ABRAMS | Publication: | October 23, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Abrams Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Viv Groskop |
| ISBN: | 9781683353447 |
| Publisher: | ABRAMS |
| Publication: | October 23, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Abrams Press |
| Language: | English |
As Viv Groskop knows from personal experience, everything that has ever happened to a person has already happened in the Russian classics: from not being sure what to do with your life (Anna Karenina), to being hopelessly in love with someone who doesn’t love you back (Turgenev’s A Month in the Country), or being socially anxious about your appearance (all of Chekhov’s work). In The Anna Karenina Fix, a sort of literary self-help memoir, Groskop mines these and other works, as well as the lives of their celebrated creators, and her own experiences as a student of Russian, to answer the question “How should you live your life?” This is a charming and fiercely intelligent book, a love letter to Russian literature and an exploration of the answers these writers found to life’s questions.
As Viv Groskop knows from personal experience, everything that has ever happened to a person has already happened in the Russian classics: from not being sure what to do with your life (Anna Karenina), to being hopelessly in love with someone who doesn’t love you back (Turgenev’s A Month in the Country), or being socially anxious about your appearance (all of Chekhov’s work). In The Anna Karenina Fix, a sort of literary self-help memoir, Groskop mines these and other works, as well as the lives of their celebrated creators, and her own experiences as a student of Russian, to answer the question “How should you live your life?” This is a charming and fiercely intelligent book, a love letter to Russian literature and an exploration of the answers these writers found to life’s questions.
