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Ladataan... The Madonnas of Leningrad: A Novel (alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi 2006; vuoden 2007 painos)– tekijä: Debra Dean
Teoksen tarkat tiedotThe Madonnas of Leningrad (tekijä: Debra Dean) (2006)
  
Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Loved how the art work that was at the Russian museum was made to feel alive (actually wished I had internet access while reading so I could have looked at the real paintings after they were described), the concept of losing your memories of the present as Marina had to deal with it aging in her 80s, the way that Marina had to exist to stay alive when getting bombed by Germany. Wished there had been just a little bit more about how Marina got back with her husband who ended up in a German camp. Really felt sorry for the daughter that loved art but was unaware of the survival that her mother, Marina, had gone thru and the art knowledge that was apparently never passed on to her as the next generation. (  ) kshydog | Dec 13, 2020 |  The best piece of historical fiction I have read, to date. It seem incredibly well-researched and infused with emotion. ( )1  josh.gunter | May 7, 2020 | Rebecca Peter's janicearkulisz | Feb 28, 2020 | I'll give The Madonnas of Leningrad a big thumbs up for its sad yet realistic depiction of The Siege of Leningrad and one of its survivors, Marina, an elderly woman, now suffering from another type of siege, an assault on her short term memory. Prior to the siege, Marina was a tour guide at The Hermitage. In preparation for an attack by the Germans she then assisted in the removal of the art work she had come to love and know so well, storing it in a safe haven. Marina was once an art student, then a tour guide at the The Hermitage in Leningrad but now, long after the horrors of The Siege, when her and her husband can enjoy life as empty nesters in Seattle and enjoy celebrations with their grandchildren, Marina begins to battle dementia. She can not recall her daughter, her husband must help her dress and cook for her but she does remember Leningrad. The suffering, the cold, the lack of food, the family and friends who did not survive and she remembers the paintings. She remembers the grand staircase, the statues, the murals on the ceiling but most of all, she remembers the Madonnas and the artists who painted them and the back stories involved with each painting. I have read a few books concerning Alzheimer's and a couple of books regarding the siege but nothing like this novel which takes an horrendous period of time and gives it back to a survivor to live over again in her waning days. Yet, the beauty of this story lies in the memories of Art and how in the most dire of days the remembrance of what is beautiful and the ability to imagine it all again seems to act as an armor from what is bad. Well written, mesmerizing and, of course, sad yet through the acts of people like Marina we are, once again, able to enjoy the Madonnas and so much more. ( ) Carmenere | Mar 11, 2019 | I love this book. The vivid descriptions of the art work are wonderful. The author weaves the old woman's memories with the current events in her life in a realistic yet poetic way. (  ) anitatally | Feb 28, 2019 |
Her granddaughter's wedding should be a time of happiness for Marina Buriakov. But the Russian emigre's descent into Alzheimer's has her and her family experiencing more anxiety than joy. As the details of her present-day life slip mysteriously away, Marina's recollections of her early years as a docent at the State Hermitage Museum become increasingly vivid. When Leningrad came under siege at the beginning of World War II, museum workers--whose families were provided shelter in the building's basement--stowed away countless treasures, leaving the painting's frames in place as a hopeful symbol of their ultimate return. Amid the chaos, Marina found solace in the creation of a memory palace, in which she envisioned the brushstroke of every painting and each statue's line and curve. Gracefully shifting between the Soviet Union and the contemporary Pacific Northwest, first-time novelist Dean renders a poignant tale about the power of memory. Dean eloquently describes the works of Rembrandt, Rubens, and Raphael, but she is at her best illuminating aging Marina's precarious state of mind: It is like disappearing for a few moments at a time, like a switch being turned off, she writes. A short while later, the switch mysteriously flips again.
In a novel that moves back and forth between the Soviet Union during World War II and modern-day America, Marina, an elderly Russian woman, recalls vivid images of her youth during the height of the siege of Leningrad. No library descriptions found. |
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