When Sulfia arrives home at the communal apartment and announces that she is pregnant and must have conceived in a dream, Rosa tries everything she can think of to thwart the birth. These kinds of machinations are the heart of Alina Bronsky’s novel The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine, and Rosa’s unwavering determination extends to all of her endeavors, including an attempt to rid Sulfia of an unplanned pregnancy. Her daughter, whom she mercilessly refers to as “stupid Sulfia,” has had two previous husbands, in large part due to Rosa’s manipulation. But this is not the first marriage plot Rosa has orchestrated. Rosa Achmetowna is determined to get her family (and herself-really, mostly herself) out of the Soviet Union, and a marriage between her daughter and a visiting German national seems like the perfect plan. I’ve heard they wash the streets with shampoo there.” Compiled by Jessica Mitzner ""Montecore is a weave of performances, a literary performance wherethe authenticity catches fire It'sbeautiful so beautiful thatit'shard totearyour eyesaway There isn't a dullmoment, it's bursting with narrative joy." - Aftonblodet z LU iSl Z < X o t0 1 a. Knopfpublished Montecore in English in theUnited States inMarch. Khemiri has also pennedseveralsuccessful playsthathavebeenperformed ina number ofdifferent countries, andhisnovels havebeentranslated intoseverallanguages. Khemiri's follow-up novel, Montecore, waspublished in2006andearned ravereviews and multiple honors, including theSwedish RadioAwardfor bestnoveloftheyear. Jonas and In Hassen addition published Khemiri towinning his was first Award-winning bornin Swedenin 1978and published hisfirst novel, Ettogarott, in2003.Inaddition towinning theBor&s Tidning prizefor bestliterary debut, Ettogarott was thebest-selling paperback ofanycategory inSwedenin2004andquickly garnered theauthor praise asanimportant emerging Swedish writer. Award-winning born novel, in Ett Sweden ogarott, writer in in 1978 2003. For more information, visit Join WLT inreading TimMohr's translation ofThe Hottest Dishes ofthe Tartar Cuisine - visit ourwebsite for additional information. Thisis Alina Bronsky's second novel, following herdebut,Broken GlassPark(2008 see WLT, May 2009,60), which EuropaEditions published in Englishin 2010.Bronsky was bornin central Russiaand movedto Germanyat the age of thirteen.
IrRTry iisifl H The WLT Book Club TheHottestDishes ofthe TartarCuisine by Alina Bronsky Nominatedforthe 2010 German BookAward, The Hottest Dishes ofthe Tarter Cuisine (EuropaEditions, May 2011)tellsthestory ofTartar matriarchRosa 'sdetermination tosecure a betterlife for her granddaughter ,Aminat.The quest resultsin threegenerations of women leaving Russia and relocating in Berlin afterAminat catches theeyeof a sleazyGerman cookbookwriter researching Tartarcuisine. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:
0 kommentar(er)
