Leïla Slimani
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749 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 1 Jul
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And the first time I went to Russia with my mother, it was my gift for my 20th birthday.
And I was on the Perspective Nevsky.
And I was crying and crying because I said, you know, I know this place.
I read so many novels with the characters walking on the Perspective Nevsky street.
And I went to the apartment of Dostoevsky, and I remember the guy, the woman there, she was telling my mother, what's the problem with this girl?
Why is she crying like this?
Because I was so moved.
I think she thought I was completely crazy.
That's such a... Just my mother and I, after the death of my father, my father died in April and we went in July, just the two of us.
And we were at the same time very, very sad and so happy to discover this country.
We took the train.
We drank vodka.
We were drinking vodka, listening to music, crying and then laughing.
And we went to Jasnana Puljana, to the house of Tolstoy.
We visited the apartment of Anna Akhmatova.
It was beautiful.
It was probably one of the most beautiful trips in my life.
For a cause, yes.
For a man, I'm not sure.
I think it's difficult for me.
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