| The Life of an Unknown Man Contributor(s): Makine, Andreď (Author), Strachan, Geoffrey (Translator) |
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ISBN: 155597614X ISBN-13: 9781555976149 Publisher: Graywolf Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2012933710 |
| Series: Lannan Translation Selection (Graywolf Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.56" W x 8.25" (0.58 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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, Andre 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 . . . |
Contributor Bio(s): Strachan, Geoffrey: - Geoffrey Strachan is an award-winning translator. |