Ludmila Ulitskaya

The Body of the Soul is a new collection of stories by the acclaimed Ludmila Ulitskaya, masterfully translated into English. While we can feel, know, and study the body, the soul refuses definition. Where does it begin and end? What does the soul have to do with love? Does it exist at all, and if so, does it outlast the...

Just the Plague by Ludmila Ulitskaya tells the story of Rudolf Maier, a young microbiologist who is working on a plague vaccine. Summoned to Moscow to deliver a progress report to his superiors, he inadvertently carries the virus with him from the lab. Upon the discovery of his illness, the state machinery responds with terrifying efficiency, rounding up dozens of...