The Life of an Unknown Man - Couverture souple

Makine, Andreï

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 155597614X ISBN 13 : 9781555976149

Editeur : Graywolf Press, 2012

Synopsis

A deeply moving meditation on memory, history, love, and art by the author of Dreams of My Russian Summers

In The Life of an Unknown Man, Andreï Makine explores what truly matters in life through the prism of Russia's past and present.

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 . . .

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Geoffrey Strachan is an award-winning translator.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Graywolf Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 155597614X
• ISBN 13: 9781555976149
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible