Lyudmila Petrushevskaya

Lyudmila Petrushevskaya. Writer: Pyasachen chasovnik. Lyudmila Petrushevskaya was born on May 26, 1938. The Moscow-born Petrushevskaya is regarded as one of Russia's most prominent contemporary writers, whose writing combines postmodernist trends with the psychological insights and parody touches of writers such as Anton Chekhov. Over the last few decades, she has been one of the most acclaimed contemporary writers at work in Eastern Europe; Publishers Weekly has called her "one...