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My mother is changing history. She is making her balalaika-smashing mother into a heroine. Does she want me to do the same for her? Is that what good children do for their parents? What about good writers?
My mother is changing history. She is making her balalaika-smashing mother into a heroine. Does she want me to do the same for her? Is that what good children do for their parents? What about good writers?
Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern
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- Gary Shteyngart
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- Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Gary Shteyngart: documented birth year 1972; activity date not established. Wikidata Q1334139, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1334139 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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