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On Tuesday, February 09, 2010, at 6:30pm in Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, Elena Kostioukovitch will present her book Why Italians Love to Talk About Food (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).
No entrance fee.
Location: Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 425 Washington Street Suite 200, (between Sansome and Battery), San Francisco CA 94111. Nestled between the Financial district and North Beach, the Istituto is close to the Transamerica Pyramid.
BY MUNI AND BART:
Montgomery and Embarcadero stations are close to the Istituto
BY BUS CONNECTIONS:
#1 Sacramento; #2, 3 or 4 Sutter or #9 Kearny-San Bruno
BY FERRY:
Embarcadero
BY CAR:
Easy parking at the Maritime Plaza Garage is available (for a fee), less than one block away. Free street parking after 6.00 p.m.
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Rights sold: Croatia - FRAKTURA, Finland - SILTALA, France - GALLIMARD, Germany - HANSER, Greece - AGRA, Hungary - MAGVETO, Italy - LA NAVE DI TESEO, Serbia - ARHIPELAG, Slovenia - SLOVART, Russia - AST, World English - Yale University Press (Margellos)
Ulitskaya's new collection was subtitled by the author as 'borderline' short stories. In all cultures and religions, the very concept of borderline, of boundary, of some kind of restriction is inherent for one's consciousness and life experience. Over a lifetime, people constantly deal with multiple limitations, internal or external, real or imagined. These boundaries can “expand”, “be effaced”, “crossed”, “demand respect”, some of them we set for ourselves, and others are set by states, societies, or traditions. It is philosophical and humanistic interpretation of this concept that Ulitskaya writes about in her book.
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Rights sold: France - GALLIMARD, Germany - HANSER, Japan - SHINCHOSHA, Portugal - CAMPO DAS LETRAS, Russia - EKSMO, AST, Taiwan - LOCUS
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Капустное чудо – Cabbage Miracle
Восковая уточка – Wax duckling
Дед-шептун – Granddad Whisperer
Гвозди - Nails
Счастливый случай – Lucky Hit
Бумажная победа – Paper Victory
Illustrations by Vladimir Lyubarov are available for licensing.
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