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Grushin burst onto the literary scene with the brilliant The Dream Life of Sukhanov, then followed with the equally impressive The Line, two novels that convey the broad sweep of history as they chronicle life in the former Soviet Union. Here, Grushin's scope is much more intimate, centering on the largely domestic affairs of a protagonist—a child when we meet her, besotted with her mother and encountering forbidden poetry in ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More