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“In this hilarious, candid, and thought-provoking memoir, [Groskop] explains how she used lessons from Russian classics to understand herself better.” —Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times–bestselling authorAs Viv Groskop knows from personal experience, everything that has ever happened to a person has already happened in the Russian classics: from not being sure what to do with your life (Anna Karenina), to being hopelessly in love with someone who doesn't love you back (Turgenev's A Month in the Country), or being socially anxious about your appearance (all of Chekhov's work). In The Anna Karenina Fix, a sort of literary self-help memoir, Groskop mines these and other works, as well as the lives of their celebrated creators, and her own experiences as a student of Russian, to answer the question “How should you live your life?” This is a charming and fiercely intelligent book, a love letter to Russian literature and an exploration of the answers these writers found to life's questions.“[Groskop is] a delight, a reader's reader whose professional and personal experiences have allowed her to write the kind of book that not only is complete unto itself, but makes you want to head to the library and revisit or discover the great works she loves.” —The Washington Post“Learn how to hack life nineteenth-century Russian style! You'll totally be like Anna Karenina without getting (spoiler alert) run over by a train!” —Gary Shteyngart, New York Times-bestselling author“For anyone intimidated by Russia's daunting literary heritage, this humorous yet thoughtful introduction will serve as the perfect entrée.” —Publishers Weekly
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Groskop, Viv, author
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
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New York: Abrams Press
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Harry N. Abrams
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Abrams, Inc.
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Adult Trade
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United States, United States of America
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Reprint, US, 2019
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Oct 08, 2019
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2018-10-23
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S.l, 2019
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Source title: Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons from Russian Literature
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vi, 217 pages ; 22 cm
A literary self-help memoir about using the Russian Classics to find the answer to life's most important questions. Viv Groskop has discovered the meaning of life in Russian literature. As she knows from personal experience, everything that has ever happened in life has already happened in these novels: from not being sure what to do with your life (Anna Karenina) to being in love with someone who doesn't love you back enough (The Master and Margarita), or being socially anxious about your appearance (all of Chekhov's work). This is a literary self-help memoir, with examples from the author's own life that reflect the lessons of literature, only in a much less poetic way than Tolstoy probably intended, and with an emphasis on being excessively paranoid about having an emerging moustache on your upper lip, just like Natasha in War and Peace
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-214)
How to know who you really are : Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoy (or : don't throw yourself under a train) -- How to face up to whatever life throws at you : Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (or : don't leave your wife when she's pregnant) -- How to be optimistic in the face of despair : Requiem by Anna Akhmatova (or : don't wear tight shoes on prison visits) -- How to survive unrequited love : A month in the country by Ivan Turgenev (or : don't fall in love with your best friend's wife) -- How to not to be your own worst enemy : Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin (or : don't kill your best friend in a duel) -- How to overcome inner conflict : Crime and punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (or : don't kill old ladies for money) -- How to live with the feeling that the grass is always greener : Three sisters by Anton Chekhov (or : don't keep going on about Moscow) -- How to keep going when things go wrong : One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (or : don't forget to take your spoon to prison with you) -- How to have a sense of humour about life : The master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (or : don't get run over by a train after talking to Satan) -- How to avoid hypocrisy : Dead souls by Nikolai Gogol (or : don't buy non-existent peasants as part of a get-rich-quick scheme) -- How to know what matters in life : War and peace by Lev Tolstoy (or : don't try to kill Napoleon)
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[Viv Groskop](/authors/OL7648401A) has discovered the meaning of life in Russian literature. As she knows from personal experience, everything that has ever happened in life has already happened in these novels: from not being sure what to do with your life ([*Anna Karenina*](/works/OL267096W)) to being in love with someone who doesn't love you back enough ([*A Month in the Country*](/works/OL16235055W) by [Turgenev](/authors/OL10240A)) or being socially anxious about your appearance (all of [Chekhov](/authors/OL3156833A)'s work). This is a literary self-help memoir, with examples from the author's own life that reflect the lessons of literature, only in a much less poetic way than [Tolstoy](/authors/OL26783A) probably intended, and with an emphasis on being excessively paranoid about having an emerging moustache on your upper lip, just like Natasha in [*War and Peace*](/works/OL267171W).
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As Viv Groskop knows from personal experience, everything that has ever happened to a person has already happened in the Russian classics: from not being sure what to do with your life (Anna Karenina), to being hopelessly in love with someone who doesn?t love you back (Turgenev?s A Month in the Country), or being socially anxious about your appearance (all of Chekhov?s work). In The Anna Karenina Fix, a sort of literary self-help memoir, Groskop mines these and other works, as well as the lives of their celebrated creators, and her own experiences as a student of Russian, to answer the question “How should you live your life?” This is a charming and fiercely intelligent book, a love letter to Russian literature and an exploration of the answers these writers found to life?s questions
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Life lessons from Russian Literature
As Viv Groskop knows from personal experience, everything that has ever happened to a person has already happened in the Russian from not being sure what to do with your life ( Anna Karenina ), to being hopelessly in love with someone who doesnt love you back (Turgenevs A Month in the Country ), or being socially anxious about your appearance (all of Chekhovs work). In The Anna Karenina Fix , Groskop mines these and other works, as well as the lives of their celebrated creators and her own experiences as a student of Russian, to answer the question How should you live your life? or at least be less miserable. This is a charming and fiercely intelligent book, a love letter to Russian literature.
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2023-10-09
