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A biography of a chance miracle / Tanja Maljartschuk ; translated from the Ukrainian by Zenia Tompkins.

by Maliı aıŁrchuk, Taniı aıŁ, 1983-

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Cadmus Press, 2018.

Women philanthropists -- Fiction.

Ukraine -- Fiction.

9784908793417 (trade pbk.)

v, 238 p. ; 21 cm.

Translated from the Ukrainian.

A Biography of a Chance Miracle explores the life of Lena, a young girl growing up in the somewhat vapid, bureaucracy-ridden, and nationalistic Western Ukrainian city of San Francisco. Lena is a misfit from early childhood due to her unwillingness to scorn everything Russian, her propensity for befriending forlorn creatures, her aversion to the status quo, and her fear of living a stupid and meaningless life. Lena sets forth on a mission to defend the abused and downtrodden of San Francisco--be they canine or human--armed with nothing more than an arsenal of humor, stubbornness, chutzpah, and no shortage of imagination. Her successes are minimal at best, but in the process of trying to save San Francisco's collective humanity, she may end up saving her own. With haiku-like precision, Tanja's deceptively simple writing style blends surrealism and magical realism with satirical wit, occasionally outlandish humor, and poignant social commentary.

Magic realism (Literature)

Bildungsromans.

Ukrainian fiction -- Translations into English.

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