Devushka: The Winter's Tale - Couverture souple

Pearce, S

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1689791861 ISBN 13 : 9781689791861

Editeur : Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

Near a rural village to the north of St Petersburg, in the winter of 1900, a young girl on her way to school witnesses an accident and she rushes to help. Unbeknown to the girl, the object of her good will is a magical imp, who then decides to watch over her while she struggles to come to terms with the extraordinary skills their encounter has inadvertently bestowed upon her.
Violently rejected by her superstitious mother, she flees the family home and finds sanctuary in St Petersburg. But the city is descending into chaos and revolution as labourers, industrialists and the intelligentsia grow increasingly dissatisfied with the Tsarist autocracy of Imperial Russia. As she adjusts to her new and often dangerous life in the capital Aleksandra loses and also reestablishes friendships. She falls in with a band of criminals, rubs shoulders with the Archpriest of Kronstadt and meets a group of disaffected students. All the while, she is developing her sense of purpose in a world which just cannot seem to settle.
This is a remarkable, genre-defying tale of fact and fiction, loss and hope, disaster and marvel. It is a tale you will never forget.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1689791861
• ISBN 13: 9781689791861
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 286
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