Dreams of My Russian Summers A Novel

Name: Dreams of My Russian Summers A Novel
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ISBN: 9781611450545

ISBN-10: 1611450543

ISBN-13: 9781611450545

Edition: 2011

Authors: Andreï¿½ Makine, Geoffrey Strachan, Geoffrey Strachan

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Every summer, young Andrei visits his grandmother, Charlotte Lemmonier, whom he loves dearly. In a dusty village overlooking the vast Russian steppes, she captivates her grandson and the other children of the village with wondrous tales watching Proust play tennis in Neuilly, Tsar Nicholas II s visit to Paris, French president Felix Faure dying in the arms of his mistress. But from his mysterious grandmother, Andrei also learns of a Russia he has never known: a country of famine and misery, brutal injustice, and the hopeless chaos of war. Enthralled, he weaves her stories into his own secret universe of memory and dream. She creates for him a vivid portrait of the France of her childhood, a…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Andreï¿½ Makine was born in Siberia, but writes his novels in French. Le Testament Franï¿½ais was the winner of the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Medici, and the first novel to win both of these prestigious awards.Geoffrey Strachan has translated all Andreï¿½ Makine's novels published in English. He was awarded the Scott-Moncrieff Prize for Makine's Le Testament Franï¿½ais.