In Memory of Memory

Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize, this thought-provoking work by one of Russia’s leading contemporary writers explores personal and cultural memory through a family's artifacts and stories collected after a relative's death. Blending essay, fiction, memoir, and historical documents, the author delves into the resilience of an ordinary Jewish family amid a turbulent century in Russia. Rich with intellectual curiosity and poetic sensibility, the book offers a bold examination of history at the margins of memory.