Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer - Softcover

Makine, Andrei

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142000019 ISBN 13: 9780142000014

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2001

Synopsis

Capturing the harsh realities of postwar Soviet life, a new novel by the author of Dreams of My Russian Summers follows the fortunes of two families, those of close friends Iakov Zinger and Peter Evdokimov, as they struggle to put together their shattered lives and dreams in the years following World War II. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Andreļ Makine was born in 1958 and left the former Soviet Union to emigrate to France ten years ago. Dreams of My Russian Summers won both the Goncourt and Medicis prizes, France's two top literary awards, and was a finalist for the 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0142000019
• ISBN 13: 9780142000014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144