Description
In 1950s Moscow, three school friends—each marked by talent and loss—set out to become themselves in a society where art, speech, and conscience are constantly policed. As their lives unfold, they encounter the shifting moral weather of the post-Stalin era: the seductions of compromise, the costs of loyalty, and the fragile hope that integrity might survive surveillance. Blending epic sweep with startling intimacy, the novel traces how poetry, music, photography, and activism can both illuminate truth and expose it to danger. With Ulitskaya’s signature blend of human warmth and razor-edged political insight, this is a gripping investigation of dissent under the shadow of the secret police—where paranoia is cultivated, friendships are tested, and the question of what one owes to others becomes inseparable from what one owes to oneself.
Available Editions
paperback
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published Jan 1, 2015
581 pages
ISBN: 9780374709716
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Details
First Published
2011
Language
eng
Translation
From: rus
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Big Green Tent by Ludmila Ulitskaya.