The Golovlyov Family with José Vergara

Unburied Books by Dylan Cuellar, Kassia Oset

Oct 27, 202501:30:39Arts

Professor of Russian José Vergara recommends a dark story of family betrayal. Shchedrin's 1880 novel follows the fall of a miserly matriarch and the rise of her even more punitive son. We talk about tragicomedy, fate, fa...

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