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The Light and the Dark
Mikhail Shishkin
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Description for The Light and the Dark
Paperback. Picture two people, young and in love. Picture them being separated from one another. Picture them keeping their love alive through letters. But now imagine they've not just been separated geographically, but also historically. Imagine that their love and letters now defy time and place, life and death.. Translator(s): Bromfield, Andrew. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 316.
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 exploration of the physical and the immediate, half meditation on the intangible and the ... Read more
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 exploration of the physical and the immediate, half meditation on the intangible and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780871080
SKU
V9781780871080
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About Mikhail Shishkin
Mikhail Shishkin (Author) 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.
Reviews for The Light and the Dark
'[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
Sunday Times
'A literary masterpiece' Guardian.
Guardian
'Shishkin is the Ian McEwan of Russia' Monocle.
Monocle