"Addendum to a Photo Album" is the saga of the births, deaths, and disappearances within the eccentric Mandrykin family. Following patriarch Malach, a Cossack captain, his wife Annushka, and his many sons all born with sideburns, the novel details their fraught relationships, particularly when sitting for family photographs. Vladislav Otroshenko's flowing sentences and rich metaphorical language describe characters whose concerns embrace the heroic, the metaphysical, and the mundane, as they fulfill their duties as Cossack warriors and family members. Otroshenko draws on his upbringing in Novocherkassk, a city on the Don River, creating a world and a book inhabited with absurdity, filial love, and unusual facial hair.
| ISBN: | 9781564781253 |
| Publication date: | 23rd April 2015 |
| Author: | Vladislav Otroshenko |
| Publisher: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 120 pages |
| Series: | Russian Literature |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
"Addendum to a Photo Album" is the saga of the births, deaths, and disappearances within the eccentric Mandrykin family. Following patriarch Malach, a Cossack captain, his wife Annushka, and his many sons all born with sideburns, the novel details their fraught relationships, particularly when sitting for family photographs. Vladislav Otroshenko's flowing sentences and rich metaphorical language describe characters whose concerns embrace the heroic, the metaphysical, and the mundane, as they fulfill their duties as Cossack warriors and family members. Otroshenko draws on his upbringing in Novocherkassk, a city on the Don River, creating a world and a book inhabited with absurdity, filial love, and unusual facial hair.
Addendum to a Photo Album features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Addendum to a Photo Album is available in Paperback
Addendum to a Photo Album was written by Vladislav Otroshenko and published by Dalkey Archive Press
Addendum to a Photo Album has 120 pages
Yes it is part of Russian Literature series
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