| The Wine of Solitude Contributor(s): Nemirovsky, Irene (Author), Smith, Sandra (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0307745481 ISBN-13: 9780307745484 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Jewish - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2012013539 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.2" W x 7.97" (0.57 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Introspective and poignant, The Wine of Solitude is the most autobiographical of all of the novels from the celebrated author of Suite Fran aise. Beginning in a fictionalized Kiev, The Wine of Solitude follows the Karol family through the Great War and the Russian Revolution, as the young H l ne grows from a dreamy, unhappy child into a strongwilled young woman. From the hot Kiev summers to the cruel winters of St Petersburg and eventually to springtime in Paris, the would-be writer H l ne blossoms, despite her mother's neglect, into a clear-eyed observer of the life around her. Here is a powerful tale of disillusionment -- the story of an upbringing that produces a young woman as hard as a diamond, prepared to wreak a shattering revenge on her mother. A Vintage Paperback Original |