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People, Years, Life, memories by Ilya Ehrenburg (1960-67, NF)

Publishers: Brazil - CIVILIZACAO BRASILEIRA (1966), Finland - KANSANKULTTUURI (1961), France - GALLIMARD (1962), EDITIONS PARANGON (2008), Germany - KINDLER (1962), VOLK UND WELT (1978, 1990), Italy - EDITORI RIUNITI (1961), Mexico - JOAQUIN MORTIZ (1962, 1966), Spain - EDITORIAL MATEU (1964), PLANETA (1985), ACANTILADO (2008), USA/UK - ALFRED KNOPF (1962), MACQIBBON & KEE (1961, 1964), WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY (1964, 1967), UNIVERSAL BOOKS (1966), ELSEVIER (1972), Brazil - CIVILIZACAO BRASILEIRA (1966)

Ilya Ehrenburg's memories in 7 volumes:

Volume 1: Childhood and Youth 1891-1917.
Volume 2: First Years of Revolution 1918-21
Volume 3: Truce: 1921-33.
Volume 4: Eve of War 1933-1941.
Volume 5: The War 1941-1945.
Volume 6: Post-War Years 1945-1954.
Volume 7: 1954-1965

"Ilya Ehrenburg's unique genius helped define intellectual commitment in the 20th century. He was devoted to Russia, intellectual freedom and Jewish survival." - Joshua Rubenstein, author of Tangled Loyalties: The Life and Times of Ilya Ehrenburg.

Auntie Mina (Tetia Motia), a novel by Maya Kucherskaya (2012)

Rights sold: Italy - ODOYA, Macedonia - ANTOLOG,Turkey - Miralay Yayinlari, Russia - AST

Shortlisted for the 2013 Yasnaya Polyana Award
Shortlisted for the 2013 Big Book Award

Great, complex, beautiful novel. - TimeOut Moscow

Marina, or Auntie Mina as her father used to call her when she was a child, is a 30-years-old woman, a daughter of university professor and a philologist by education herself, works as a proofreader in the newspaper. She's married for eight years, and has a 5-year-old son Artyom, though she's very unhappy with her family life.

At one point, Marina falls in love with her co-worker Lanin, a famous columnist and TV host. He is some twenty years her older, but their affair is growing fast, and they love each other passionately. The only obstacle is that Lanin is married, and his wife is slowly dying of cancer, so he can't divorce her.