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Author Banine, 1905-1992 author.

Title Days in the Caucasus / Banine ; translated from the French by Anne Thompson-Ahmadova.

Publication Info. London : Pushkin Press, 2019.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - New Materials  843.912 BANINE    DUE 04-24-24
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  843.912 BAN    Check Shelf
Description 274 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Summary A granddaughter of peasants who had become fabulously wealthy through an oil strike on their farm, Banine grew up in 'Oriental' splendor in Baku, Azerbaijani, when it was still part of the tsarist Russian Empire. The Russian Revolution of 1917 upended the family's life and they fled to Paris, where Banine became a writer.
Contents Foreword by the translator -- Part one -- Part two -- Brief summary of the history of Azerbaijan at the start of the twentieth century -- Photographs of Banine and her family.
Subject Banine, 1905-1992 -- Childhood and youth.
Banine, 1905-1992 -- Marriage.
Caucasus -- Social life and customs.
Caucasus -- Social conditions.
Banine, 1905-1992 (OCoLC)fst00225653
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Marriage. (OCoLC)fst01010443
Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
Caucasus. (OCoLC)fst01244425
Added Author Thompson-Ahmadova, Anne, translator.
Added Title Jours caucasiens. English
ISBN 1782274871 hardcover
9781782274872 hardcover
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