Nadia Ragozhina: "Deux mondes séparés". Editions SilverWood, 2023.

Traduit de l'anglais par Jean-Michel Meyer.

Deux frères grandissent dans les rues du quartier juif de Varsovie. Au tournant du XXe siècle, Adolphe quitte la Pologne pour la Suisse. Il s’y installe et y fonde une famille. Marcus, quant à lui, part vers l’Est, porté par ses convictions communistes. À Moscou, il est arrêté et exilé. Les frères ne se reverront jamais.

Cent ans plus tard, l’arrière-petite-fille de Marcus, Nadia Ragozhina, mène l’enquête et découvre sa famille disparue. Pourra-t-elle reconstituer les histoires restées secrètes depuis des générations ?

Entre amour et séparation, espoir et paranoïa, les vies des patriarches, de leurs filles et petites-filles sont bouleversées par la révolution russe, les répressions de Staline, la persécution des Juifs et la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Des Mondes Séparés fait le récit singulier des évènements tumultueux qui ébranlèrent l’Europe du XXe siècle, à travers les yeux de six femmes ayant lutté pour la survie et le bonheur de leurs familles.

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About the author

Nadia Sikorsky

Nadia Sikorsky grew up in Moscow where she obtained a master's degree in journalism and a doctorate in history from Moscow State University. After 13 years at UNESCO, in Paris and then in Geneva, and having served as director of communications at Green Cross International founded by Mikhail Gorbachev, she developed NashaGazeta.ch, the first online Russian-language daily newspaper, launched in 2007.

In 2022, she found herself among those who, according to Le Temps editorial board, "significantly contributed to the success of French-speaking Switzerland," thus appearing among opinion makers and economic, political, scientific and cultural leaders: the Forum of 100.

After 18 years leading NashaGazeta.ch, Nadia Sikorsky decided to return to her roots and focus on what truly fascinates her: culture in all its diversity. This decision took the form of this trilingual cultural blog (Russian, English, French) born in the heart of Europe – in Switzerland, her adopted country, the country distinguished by its multiculturalism and multilingualism.

Nadia Sikorsky does not present herself as a "Russian voice," but as the voice of a European of Russian origin (more than 35 years in Europe, 25 years spent in Switzerland) with the benefit of more than 30 years of professional experience in the cultural world at the international level. She positions herself as a cultural mediator between Russian and European traditions; the title of the blog, "The Russian Accent," captures this essence – the accent being not a linguistic barrier, not a political position but a distinctive cultural imprint in the European context.

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