Word: ninochka
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Svetlana Boym doesn’t give much credence to the adage “write what you know.” Ninochka, her recently released debut novel, focuses not on the vast knowledge she has gained over the years, but rather on questions of choice and regret that she has no intention of answering...
...collection of items culled from the Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Professor of Comparative Literature’s own autobiography, Ninochka was a project years in the making. Boym’s unique experience with history imbues the novel, turning it from an avant-garde murder mystery into an insightful commentary on the plight of those hindered by life from achieving what they think they want...
...theme of remembrance and reflection, the author and critics alike have linked Ninochka to Boym’s recent book The Future of Nostalgia. In both works, Boym is critical of the common tropes of nostalgia. She is troubled by the idea that immigrants are supposed to be nostalgic and draws a distinction between two different types of nostalgia: restorative and reflective...
...this way, Boym claims that all biographies are mysteries. Ninochka, with its fragments of memory and bits of detail, successfully reconstructs the dizzying and fascinating path that is history...
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