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The Book of Anna.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boullosa, Carmen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Fiction.
- Soviet Union.
- Genre:
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (131 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- In this continuation of Anna Karenina's legacy, Russia simmers on the brink of change and the stories that are kept secret finally come to light.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- An Explanation of What This Book Is About
- Part One: Anna's Sergei and Anya's City: St. Petersburg, Saturday, January 8, 1905
- 1. On the Heels of Clementine, the Anarchist
- 2. Claudia and Sergei
- 3. Clementine Defends Herself
- 4. To the Concert
- 5. The Tsar's Letter
- 6. In the Theater
- 7. What Giorgi, the Karenins' Coachman, Did
- 8. Intermission at the Concert
- 9. Near the Port
- 10. More Specifics about Sergei
- 11. Kapitonich, Hall Porter at the Karenin Palace
- 12. Claudia and Sergei at Table
- 13. Aleksandra and Volodin Go to the Haven
- 14. Our Moment of Greatness
- 15. With Father Gapon
- 16. Clementine, in Pursuit of the Night
- 17. In the Karenin Palace Kitchen
- 18. We'll Give Our Lives!
- 19. The Karenins Take Dinner
- Part Two: Bloody Sunday: Sunday, January 9, 1905
- 20. Anya Karenina without Aleksandra
- 21. The Karenins' Reply to the Tsar
- 22. Piotr
- 23. The Three Women
- 24. Claudia's Impatience
- 25. Unexpected Guests at the Karenin Palace
- 26. What on Earth Was the Tsar Thinking?
- 27. Back in the Karenin Palace Kitchen
- 28. The Reverend's Beard
- Part Three: Karenina's Portrait: Three months later
- 29. Karenina's Portrait
- 30. About Clementine
- 31. The Critics Examine the Portrait
- 32. Vladimir
- 33. The Reason for the Proposed Purchase
- 34. The Portrait Departs
- 35. Between the Dream and the Battleship Potemkin
- 36. Claudia's Regrets
- 37. In Claudia's Hands
- Part Four: The Book of Anna: No date or place
- 38. An Opium-Infused Fairy Tale: The Book of Anna by Anna Karenina
- Part Five: Finale: St. Petersburg, June 1905
- 39. After Reading
- 40. The Plot
- 41. The Boxes
- 42. Anya Karenina
- 43. The Wind
- Funder Acknowledgments
- The Publisher's Circle of Coffee House Press.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781566895859
- 1566895855
- OCLC:
- 1145545776
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