Brief Loves That Live Forever
Brief Loves That Live Forever
paperback | English
Published:
3 April, 2014
paperback | English
Published:
3 April, 2014
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In Soviet Russia the desire for freedom is also a desire for the freedom to love. Lovers live as outlaws, traitors to the collective spirit, and love is more intense when it feels like an act of resistance. Now entering middle age, an orphan recalls the fleeting moments that have never left him - a scorching day in a blossoming orchard with a woman who loves another; a furtive, desperate affair in a Black Sea resort; the bunch of snowdrops a crippled childhood friend gave him to give to his lover. As the dreary Brezhnev era gives way to Perestroika and the fall of Communism, the orphan uncovers the truth behind the life of Dmitri Ress, whose tragic fate embodies the unbreakable bond between love and freedom.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781780870496 |
| ISBN10 | 1780870493 |
| Number Of Pages | 176 |
| Item Weight | 134 g |
| Product Dimensions | 135 x 200 x 13 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Quercus Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
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Media Reviews
'A poignant, poetically charged picture of a repressive society, leavened only by the freedom and possibilities of love' Mail on Sunday. * Mail on Sunday *
'Makine's prose is both spare and meditative, and leads us deep into the memories of a world that is now gone' Gillian Slovo, Observer. * Observer *
'I would rather read Andreï Makine than any other novelist of our time ... This new short, beautiful book is as good as anything he has written' Allan Massie, Scotsman. * Scotsman *
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Author's Bio
Andreï Makine was born in Siberia, but writes his novels in French. Le Testament Français was the winner of the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Medici, and the first novel to win both of these prestigious awards.