| My Life as a Russian Novel Contributor(s): Carrère, Emmanuel (Author), Coverdale, Linda (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0312569300 ISBN-13: 9780312569303 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.65 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the master of psychological suspense and the author of The Adversary comes a work of infinite sorrow, infernal jealousy, and violent passion (Le Monde). Set in Paris and Kotelnich, a small post-Soviet town, My Life as a Russian Novel traces Carrère's pursuit of two obsessions--the disappearance of his Russian grandfather and his erotic fascination with a woman he loves but cannot keep from destroying. In prose that is elegant and passionate, Carrère weaves the strands of his story into a travelogue of a journey inward. Road trip, confession, and erotic tour de force--this fearless reckoning illuminates the schemes we devise to evade ourselves, and the inevitable payment they exact. |
Contributor Bio(s): Carrere, Emmanuel: - Emmanuel Carrère, novelist, filmmaker, journalist, and biographer, is the award-winning internationally renowned author of The Adversary (a New York Times Notable Book), Lives Other Than My Own, My Life As A Russian Novel, Class Trip, and The Mustache. Carrère lives in Paris. |