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My Armenian Friend

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Set in Siberia in the 1970s during the decline of the Soviet Empire, My Armenian Friend is a story about how one friendship can shift our perspective and irrevocably change our lives.

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Russian-born Andreï Makine is the author of Le Testament Francais (Dreams of my Russian Summers) (1995), his fourth novel and the first book to win both the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Medicis. All of Makine's novels have been translated into English by Geoffrey Strachan. Makine was elected to seat 5 of the Académie Française on March 3, 2016, succeeding Assia Djebar.

Geoffrey Strachan is best known for his renderings of the novels of Andreï Makine. He has translated works by Yasmina Reza (author of Art), Elie Wiesel, Jerome Ferrari and Nathacha Appanah. He has won the Scott-Moncrieff Prize (for French translation) and the Schlegel-Tieck Prize (for German translation).


Summary

Set in Siberia in the 1970s during the decline of the Soviet Empire, My Armenian Friend is a story about how one friendship can shift our perspective and irrevocably change our lives.

Foreword

Set in Siberia in the 1970s during the decline of the Soviet Empire, My Armenian Friend is a story about how one friendship can shift our perspective and irrevocably change our lives.

Product details

Authors Andrei Makine, Andreï Makine
Assisted by Geoffrey Strachan (Translation), Strachan Geoffrey (Translation)
Publisher Headline Book
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 13.02.2024
 
EAN 9781914495458
ISBN 978-1-914495-45-8
No. of pages 176
Dimensions 128 mm x 196 mm x 16 mm
Weight 165 g
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, c 1970 to c 1979, USSR, Soviet Union, FICTION / World Literature / France / 21st Century, Russia: Siberian District, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Armenia; Russia; Friendship; coming of age

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