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Yelena Akhtiorskaya

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Odessa, Ukraine

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Yelena Akhtiorskaya was born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1985 and immigrated to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn at age 7. She holds an MFA from Columbia University. She is the recipient of a Posen Fellowship in Fiction for emerging Jewish writers, and her writing has appeared in n+1, The New Republic, Electric Literature, Tablet, Triple Canopy and elsewhere. She lives in New York City.

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Average rating: 2.8 · 1,173 ratings · 240 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Panic in a Suitcase 2.77 avg rating — 1,152 ratings — published 2014 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	n+1 Issue 14: Awkward Age by n+1, Adriana Camarena, Yelena Akhtiorskaya 4.04 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	n+1 Issue 11: Dual Power by n+1, Nikil Saval, Kent Russell 3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Der Sommer mit Pasha by Yelena Akhtiorskaya, Eva Bonné (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“One thing a Soviet upbringing taught you was to pay attention.”
― Yelena Akhtiorskaya, Panic in a Suitcase

tags: childhood-lessons, observing, paying-attention, upbringing

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“Reality was a bad choice of enemy — it had no need for disguise, didn't respect the rules, and hit below the belt.”
― Yelena Akhtiorskaya, Panic in a Suitcase

tags: descriptive-writing, enemies, metaphor, reality

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“Remember you have just one mother, said Marina. Better not rush her to the grave! Though Marina had grown up with such reminders from her own mother, she could never get the tone quite right herself.”
― Yelena Akhtiorskaya, Panic in a Suitcase

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