Maria Stepanova blev longlistet til Den Internationale Booker-pris for det ambitiøse prosaværk Til minde om erindringen. Bogen indledes med, at fasteren dør og efterlader sig en lejlighed fuld af genstande, dokumenter og minder, som foranlediger Stepanova til at dykke ned i erindringens natur og betydning i forhold til, hvordan vi forstår os selv. Hun udfordres dog af mørket og de hemmeligheder efter krige og sovjettiden, der ligger hen over slægtens historie.

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Based on the novel In Memory of Memory, the renowned Russian author Maria Stepanova talks with Peter Nielsen, literary editor at Information, about how past and present political events and movements shape us across generations. Language: English.

Maria Stepanova was longlisted for The International Booker Prize for the ambitious prose work In Memory of Memory. The novel begins with the death of her aunt, who leaves an apartment full of objects, documents, and memories that prompt Stepanova to delve into the nature and meaning of memory concerning how we understand ourselves. However, she is challenged by the darkness and secrets of the wars and the Soviet era that effects the family’s history.

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