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Other Worlds Peasants, Pilgrims, Spirits, Saints Sarah Winman One refugee tries unsuccessfully to'A magnificent edition of the works of a writer who deserves her seat at the top table of Russian authors' Sara Wheeler, Wall Street Journal Masterful stories of faith and superstition from a much loved Russian author, in English for the first time These stories conjure a vanished Russia, where Orthodox Christianity coexists with the shapeshifters and house spirits of ancient folk belief. Celebrated for the sublime wit and easy grace of her style,