Klotsvog by Margarita Khemlin gifts Red Valkyries explores the history

Red Valkyries explores the history of socialist feminism in Eastern Europe

the absurd tragicomedy of life for the Moscow intelligentsia during Khruschev's thaw and Brezhnev's stagnation

unable to forgive the hard and sometimes lost decades that their families

Czapski’s account of the years following his release from the camp and the formation of the Polish Army

diary writing became instrumental to survival a tangible reminder of their humanity

Klotsvog by Margarita Khemlin gifts Red Valkyries explores the historyKlotsvog is a novel about being Jewish in the Soviet Union and the historical trauma of World War II and it's a novel about the petty dramas and demons of one strikingly vain woman. Maya Abramovna Klotsvog has had quite a life, and she wants you to know all about it. Selfish, garrulous, and thoroughly entertaining, she tells us where she came from, who she didn't get along with, and what became of all her husbands and lovers. In Klotsvog, Margarita