Makine Andrei

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01. A Hero's Daughter Читать →

Жанр: Современная проза Early works of an author who has hit the big-time are often reissued for reasons more venal than literary. None of the pre- and post- publications of Tracy Chevalier come anywhere near the standard of The Girl with the Pearl Earring, but that didn't stop them being rushed into instant print once best-sellerdom was declared…

02. Dreams Of My Russian Summers Читать →

Жанр: Современная проза In an era when everything is an event, and nothing just happens naturally, it's hard not to be suspicious of the a novel that is the first ever to win both the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Medicis, by a Russian Г©migrГ© who has been compared to Nabokov, Pasternak, and Proust. Add in the fact,…

03. Music of a Life Читать →

Жанр: Современная проза A superb new novel by the author of Dreams of My Russian Summersand Requiem for a Lost Empire,set in the period just before, and two decades after, World War II. “Makine is without doubt one of the greatest living writers. Music of a Life proves it.” -Le…

04. Once Upon The River Love Читать →

Жанр: Современная проза A novel of love and growing up by AndreГЇ Makine, whose bestselling Dreams of My Russian Summerswas hailed by the Los Angeles Timesas one of the “best autobiographical books of the century.” In the immense virgin pine forests of Siberia, where the snows of winter are vast…

05. Requiem For A Lost Empire Читать →

Жанр: Современная проза In Makine's fifth novel, the memories of an unnamed narrator weave through the 20th century as he recalls episodes in the life of his family-experiences that include those of a battlefield doctor in Afghanistan who was also a KGB agent, a Russian villager who defied the Soviet regime, and a man who swears to avenge…

06. The Crime Of Olga Arbyelina Читать →

Жанр: Современная проза Olga Arbyelina is a princess who fled Russia during the revolution; now she lives in a town near Paris tending to her hemophiliac son, keeping ghosts at bay-an existence hollowed out by history. The town gossips obsess over her, making her into the prime character in their “game of a thousand voices.” They “had a…

07. The Earth And Sky Of Jacques Dorme Читать →

Жанр: Современная проза After a problematic start, Andrei Makine is getting better with every new book. His earlier setbacks were partly due to the snobbery of the French, who did not believe that a Russian could write better than they could in their own language. When he pretended his novels had been translated, they began to earn high…