A TRAGI-COMIC SAGA   Tuesday, Feb 24, 2:00pm 
MARINA SONKINA / One Thousand and A Night: As Told by Larissa, Ukrainian Construction Shock Worker With CIRCLE OF FRIENDS FOR WOMEN
The novel is both a comic and tragic saga of a Ukrainian-Russian-Jewish family, headed by the irreverent eighty-year-old Larissa, whose vitality and wit overcome all the hurdles thrown her way by the Soviet regime. Both lighthearted and dark, this tale of suffering and love takes us to Ukraine, Russia, Montenegro and Canada.
MARINA SONKINA is a scholar, a former CBC producer, and the author of six collections of short stories. She teaches at SFU in the Liberal Arts Program 55+.
SPONSORED BY THE WEINBERG RESIDENCE

A TRAGI-COMIC SAGA   Tuesday, Feb 24, 2:00pm 
MARINA SONKINA / One Thousand and A Night: As Told by Larissa, Ukrainian Construction Shock WorkerWith CIRCLE OF FRIENDS FOR WOMEN
The novel is both a comic and tragic saga of a Ukrainian-Russian-Jewish family, headed by the irreverent eighty-year-old Larissa, whose vitality and wit overcome all the hurdles thrown her way by the Soviet regime. Both lighthearted and dark, this tale of suffering and love takes us to Ukraine, Russia, Montenegro and Canada.
MARINA SONKINA is a scholar, a former CBC producer, and the author of six collections of shortstories. She teaches at SFU in the Liberal Arts Program 55+.
SPONSORED BY THE WEINBERG RESIDENCE
 

A Tragi-Comic Saga - MARINA SONKINA/One Thousand and A Night

Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver

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