| The Tattered Cloak: And Other Stories Contributor(s): Berberova, Nina (Author), Schwartz, Marian (Author), Schwartz, Marian (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0811214737 ISBN-13: 9780811214735 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2001 Annotation: First published in Europe in the 1930s and '40s, these searing, evocative stories by the late emigre writer Nina Berberova (1901-1993) are portraits of the lives of Russian exiles in Paris on the eve of World War II. The protagonists range from housekeepers and waiters to shabby-genteel aristocrats and intellectuals -- but all are united in a haunting displacement from their pasts, and all share a troubling uncertainty about the future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00052550 |
| Series: New Directions Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.23" W x 8.03" (0.71 lbs) 308 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The greatest collection by one of the great Russian writers is now back in print. First published in Europe in the 1930s and '40s, these searing, evocative stories by the late emigre writer Nina Berberova (1901-1993) are portraits of the lives of Russian exiles in Paris on the eve of World War II. The protagonists range from housekeepers and waiters to shabby-genteel aristocrats and intellectualsbut all are united in a haunting displacement from their pasts, and all share a troubling uncertainty about the future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Berberova, Nina: - Nina Nikolaevena Berberova (1901-1993) was born in St. Petersburg. She left Russia after the revolution in 1922, eventually settling in Paris in 1925 with her lover Vladislav Khodasevich. She moved to the U.S. in 1950 and taught at Yale and Princeton. In France she was honored as a Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters. |