The Tattered Cloak and Other Stories: 9780811214735: Berberova, Nina, Schwartz, Marian, Schwartz, Marian

The Tattered Cloak by Nina Berberova is a collection of six stories that capture the lives of Russian exiles in Paris on the eve of World War II.

These searing, evocative portraits are united in their haunting displacement from the past and troubling uncertainty about the future.

With a quiet intensity, Berberova draws unforgettable characters, including a woman anxiously awaiting her husband's return home, a disabled son, and a mysterious vagrant musician.

Comparable to Chekhov, these stories are sublime, tragically beautiful, and will not turn their back on the past to re-create themselves.

They remind us so we won't forget.

First rate and very much of their time, these stories have not tarnished with the years.