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Ninochka : a novel /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2003.
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| Colección: | SUNY series, the margins of literature.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- In which the murder takes place
- In which you catch a glimpse of my green card and sample immigrant crêpes
- In which I try to examine Nina's diary but speak with the strangers instead
- In which we observe emigres on the beach and learn everything we need to know about potential murder suspects
- In which we revisit Nina's childhood and play hide-and-seek in the summer gardens
- In which the detective gets unexpected mail
- In which we finally learn about the men in Nina's life and meet "the Eurasian genius"
- In which we attend the Eurasian tea party and lose all respect for Attila the Hun
- Which might make you blush
- In which we learn about the "other woman" and read the Manifesto of the Kinipeople
- In which we all go to a Hungarian party and learn about Soviet missile launchers
- In which I finally see Ninotchka and wonder about the consequences
- In which I spend some time in the Bibliotheque Nationale and stumble upon a conspiracy theory ciphered in the script of Ninotchka
- A digression on common fears and on the importance of dusting, preferably with a wet rag
- In which the best part happens behind the scenes, so the anxious reader can just skip this chapter altogether
- Hardly a chapter at all, a couple of loose pages from my computer diary
- Which tells you how to cure a common cold with roasted salt and potato steam and how to remove stains on your red Pioneer tie
- In which the detective misbehaves in the movie theater while watching a film with Gerard Depardieu
- In which we finally meet Nina's last lover Lionel, learn of his desire to become a great American writer and read his sketch about Russian roulette
- Which tells you what to do when you run into your lover's wife in the supermarket
- In which we learn how Ninotchka was conceived and what made Greta Garbo laugh
- In which a mysterious character from the third row packs his bags and makes a confession
- Up in the air
- In which we travel to Russia and watch a musical dedicated to the Soviet Constitution
- In which my beautiful grandmother takes her last stroll in Paris
- In which I invite you to come home with me but Tram No. 30 runs very slowly
- In which I bury my grandmother
- Which offers you seven elephants of happiness
- In which we dispel our sad thoughts and learn what Ninel Markovna really did in Paris
- In which you meet my English professor and drink the cheap wine of our youth
- In which we taste a fruit drink and cabbage pirogi at my Alma mater and learn what happened to Boris Krestovsky in Russia
- In which we stop making Eurasian jokes and explore the double life of Yuri Poltavsky-Rizhsky
- In which you follow me to Moscow and have a pickle treat
- In which we eavesdrop on Comrade Kaganovich
- In which we watch The lilac sunset and listen to Kachalsky's songs
- In which I meet Cossacks and have a romantic escapade at the Pizza hut
- In which the murderer makes a scene
- In which we get homesick in Gorky Park
- In which we leave Russia and bid farewell to Rabonovich and Anka the machine gunner
- Which tells you that there is no place like home
- Greta Garbo's last smile.