Books — Marian Schwartz

The Book of Happiness, by Nina Berberova

"Schwartz, Berberova's longtime friend and translator, has written an affecting introduction to this volume, which she has translated with care and a suitable transparency. "The Ladies from St. Petersburg" is a very slight book, but it should add to readers' respect for Berberova and, as Schwartz puts it, for "the force of her art, her intellect and her will." -- Ken Kalfus, New York Times

FictionMarian SchwartzOctober 20, 2002Nina Berberova, Marian Schwartz, Emigre, Novella, New Directions, Publication preview, Publication feature

Voices of Revolution, 1917, by Mark D. Steinberg

Although much has been written about the political history of the Russian revolution, the human story of what the revolution meant to ordinary people has rarely been told. This book gives voice to the experiences, thoughts, and feelings of the Russian people—workers, peasants, soldiers—as expressed in their own words during the vast political, social, and economic upheavals of 1917.

HistoryMarian SchwartzOctober 18, 2002Mark Steinberg, Marian Schwartz, Annals of Communism, Yale University Press, Soviet studies, Publication preview