| Description |
vi, 194 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
A Lannan translation selection |
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Lannan translation series selection.
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| Note |
Translation of: La vie d'un homme inconnu. |
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Originally published in 2009 by Éditions du Seuil, Paris. |
| Summary |
Shutov, a disenchanted writer, revisits St. Petersburg after twenty years of exile in Paris, hoping to recapture his youth. Instead, he meets Volsky, an old man who tells him his extraordinary story: of surviving the siege of Leningrad, the march on Berlin, and Stalin's purges, and of a transcendent love affair. Volsky's life is an inspiration to Shutov--because for all that he suffered, he knew great happiness. This depth of feeling stands in sharp contrast to the empty lives Shutov encounters in the new Russia, and to his own life, that of just another unknown man. |
| Language |
Translated from the French. |
| Subject |
Authors, Russian -- France -- Fiction.
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Authors, Russian -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg -- Fiction.
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Communism -- Fiction.
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Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Fiction.
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Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Added Author |
Strachan, Geoffrey. Translator.
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| Added Title |
Vie d'un homme inconnu. English
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| ISBN |
9781555976149 trade pbk. |
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155597614X trade pbk. |
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