Women in Unrule Games

Author: Shanghai Translation Publishing House
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Russian Romantic Novel. This is a love-themed novel written by G. Sherbakova, a popular contemporary female author from Russia. With a delicate pen, the author naturally and casually depicts the love lives of three generations of single women in a family. After her husband's death, Grandmother Maria remained a widow for a long time, guarding her chastity, yet unexpectedly fell in love with a married petty official. Faced with a charming middle-aged man much younger than herself, she shows a love that is like walking on eggshells, unable to resist, which almost makes modern readers laugh out of disbelief. Daughter Lena, who has been divorced for a long time, accidentally meets a sick man who enters her home by mistake and falls in love at first sight. She his bed, ends up pregnant, and believes it to be the only true love of her life, which leaves people utterly baffled. Granddaughter Alka is a teenage girl who has just begun to experience love. Her views on love are almost as simple as water, yet she also has her own unique pursuits. The love philosophies of the three generations of women are so different, appearing so absurd, yet they are all real within the specific social environment of modern Russia. The work tells us that love is not a game, and even if it is, there are rules to it. The tragic undertones of the novel evoke sympathy and respect for women.