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Rediscover Leningrad Through the Eyes of Daniil Granin
Daniil Alexandrovich Granin was a State Prize laureate, a Hero of Socialist Labor, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, and a writer whose name became a symbol of the city on the Neva once known as Leningrad. His work, Leningradsky Katalog (The Leningrad Catalogue), is far more than a dictionary of bygone objects from the author’s 1930s childhood. It is a quiet, profound recollection of history and memory, capturing the "gentle charm of antiquity."
Granin resurrects the daily life, customs, and urban legends of Leningrad during the first Five-Year Plan era. Through forgotten songs, vanished household items, and the language of the time, he paints a vivid portrait of the Neva capital eighty years ago. The visual journey is enriched by old photographs and drawings: white button-up boots, a gramophone, a sofa with rollers and a mirror, a paper knife, a steam iron, a hand-cranked washing machine, an office desk, an ice cart for refrigerators, and long-forgotten fashion magazines.
This new edition of the book is published to mark the 100th anniversary of the writer’s birth. Price: 1769.00 RUR.
