The Big Green Tent: A Novel

by Ludmila Ulitskaya

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The Big Green Tent is the kind of book for which the term "Russian novel" was invented. A sweeping saga, it tells the story of three school friends who meet in 1950s Moscow and go on to embody the heroism, folly, compromise, and hope of the Soviet dissident experience. These three boys - an orphaned poet; a gifted, fragile pianist; and a budding photographer with a talent for collecting secrets - struggle to reach adulthood in a society where their heroes have been censored and exiled. Rich with love stories, intrigue, and a cast of dissenters and spies, The...Read more
  • ISBN10 1250097444
  • ISBN13 9781250097446
  • Publish Date 10 January 2017 (first published 10 November 2015)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 5 April 2024
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Picador USA
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 592
  • Language English