‘Day of the Angel’ follows the fates and fortunes of three generations of the Ushakov family, members of the Russian émigré community living in Paris following the Revolution. Against the historical background of totalitarian terror, famine and war, depicted in harrowing detail as an epic struggle between the powers of good and evil, the family becomes swept up in a tide of events largely beyond their control.

Interspersed with extracts from relatives’ diaries and letters, together with contemporary documentary accounts of the great famine, Dmitry Ushakov must find inner peace and a way to love amidst the chaos of his life.

Irina Muravyova is an award-nominated Russian author whose prose has been shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize and the Bunin Prize. She was born in Moscow and currently lives in the United States.

John Dewey’s translations of Russian prose and poetry have been nominated or shortlisted for various awards. ‘Mirror of the Soul’, his biography of the poet Fyodor Tyutchev, was published in 2010 to critical acclaim.

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