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“(A) sweeping portrait of Russia during the pogroms…(a) fiery and deeply human love story.” —Sheri Holman, bestselling author of The Dress Lodger
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“Extraordinary debut novel plunges readers into the upheaval of early 20th-century wartime Russia…irresistible and spectacularly illuminating.” —Library Journal (starred review)
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“In Sherman’s sweeping novel, Berta Alshonsky is a Russian Scarlett O’Hara … rendered in aching detail in this fabulous debut.” —ADRIENNE SHARP, author of The True Memoirs of Little K
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“(A) sweeping saga… from its grim depiction of war’s depredations to its harsh portrayals of anti-Semitism to its fiery love story. A mesmerizing read.” —Booklist (starred review)
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“An impressive fiction debut with an epic tale of war’s transformative effects on one Russian woman and her family.” —Publisher’s Weekly
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“…an eloquently gripping narrative set against an explosive backdrop.” —Elizabeth Rosner, Los Angeles Review of Books
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“Powerful, harrowing and richly atmospheric…a captivating read told through a voice we won’t soon forget.” —Ilie Ruby, author of The Language of Trees
The Little Russian chosen for
Great New Reads in Fiction
by People Magazine.
The Little Russian spotlights an exciting new voice in historical fiction, an assured debut that should appeal to readers of Away by Amy Bloom or Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. The novel tells the story of Berta Alshonsky, who revels in childhood memories of her time spent with a wealthy family in Moscow –a life filled with salons, balls and all the trappings of the upper class — very different from her current life as a grocer’s daughter in the Jewish townlet of Mosny. When a mysterious and cultured wheat merchant walks into the grocery, Berta’s life is forever altered. … more
