Alisa Ganieva’s Bride and Groom listed in “The best books to understand contemporary Russia” by The Guardian: “Bride and Groom, the tale of a young couple torn between the drive for freedom and the respect of their families, is sensitive, compelling and funny: there’s an uncle sent to the camps for boasting that his penis is more powerful than Stalin himself, and a grandmother who tells the bride-to-be to use Elastoplast to avoid nose wrinkles.” (Viv Groskop)
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