Always Under Siege

Olga Freidenberg’s Diary-Theory and the Everyday Terror of Stalinism

by Irina Paperno

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2026
London Review of Books
Reviewed by Sheila Fitzpatrick, 8 October

London Review of Books · 8 October 2026

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Catalogue record

ISBN: 978-1-5017-8583-2

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ISBN: 978-1-5017-8583-2
Author: Paperno, Irina
Statement: Always Under Siege : Olga Freidenberg’s Diary-Theory and the Everyday Terror of Stalinism / Irina Paperno.

Catalogue data checked 4 October 2026