
The Light and the Dark
$34.61
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2014
Summary
Fate sends two star-crossed lovers, Sasha and Volodenka, on two separate journeys across space and time. Sasha finds herself as a young woman in a time not far from the present day. Volodenka finds himself as a young soldier in a horrific conflict at the turn of the twentieth century.
Yet, despite their cosmic schism, their letters still reach one another; as he helps her to come to terms with life and she helps him to come to terms with death.
Half male, half female; half exp…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780871080 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780871082 |
| Author: | Mikhail Shishkin, Andrew Bromfield |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | riverrun |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 316g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 132mm x 30mm |
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‘Shishkin is the Ian McEwan of Russia’ Monocle .
’[A] powerful treatment of love and the vividness of being alive’ Sunday Times. * Sunday Times *‘A literary masterpiece’ Guardian. * Guardian *‘Shishkin is the Ian McEwan of Russia’ Monocle. * Monocle *
About The Author
Mikhail Shishkin
Born in 1961 in Moscow, Mikhail Shishkin is one of the most prominent names in contemporary Russian literature, and is the only author to have won all three major Russian Literary Prizes. He lives in Zurich.
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