Prof. Barbara Hahn

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       Dr. Christophe Fricker

The Department congratulates Professor Emily Van Buskirk on the publication of her latest work!

Passing Characters (Prokhodiashchie kharaktery) the first scholarly edition of Lydia Ginzburg’s prose, is a volume of writings from and about the Leningrad Blockade (1941-1944). Passing Characters brings together an impressive array of Ginzburg’s narratives, essays, and notes from the war years, many of which are published here for the first time. The book, containing articles by Prof. Van Buskirk and co-editor Andrei Zorin, textual histories, commentaries, and an index of names, represents the fruition of years of archival research. It has already been widely and enthusiastically reviewed in Russian print and electronic media, as well as on Russian television.

For a more detailed description of the book, please click here (.pdf).