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Set in contemporary Boston and post‑war Moscow, *Russian Winter* follows Nina Revskaya, a celebrated Bolshoi ballerina whose 1952 defection left her career and heart fractured. Caught in a wheelchair, Nina receives a letter from Grigori Slonim, a foreign‑language professor who insists he may be her illegitimate son, supporting his claim with a photograph of an amber pendant. The attachment of this mystery compels Nina to liquidate the famous amber earrings and bracelet she has cherished, igniting a narrative that juxtaposes modern academic intrigue with the haunting memories of a group of friends whose creative spirits were stifled by Stalinist oppression.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Daphne Kalotay
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