Just the Plague

Book • 1992
Just the Plague by Lyudmila Ulitskaya is a novel that delves into the historical context of Stalinist Russia in the 1930s, focusing on a fictionalized account of a plague outbreak.

The book was written in the late 1970s and rediscovered during lockdown.

It reflects Ulitskaya's style of weaving historical narratives through personal stories.

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