Lady of the Snakes

Informationen zum Autor Rachel Pastan is the author of This Side of Married. Her short fiction has earned a number of awards, including a PEN Syndicated Fiction Prize. She lives with her family in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and teaches at Swarthmore College and the Bennington Writing Seminars. Klappentext Jane Levitsky is a bright light in the field of nineteenth-century Russian literature, making her name as an expert on the novels of Grigory Karkov and the diaries of his wife, the long-suffering Masha Karkova. Jane is also wife to sweet, reasonable Billy and mother to lovable (if demanding) Maisie, roles she's finding surprisingly challenging to juggle along with her ambitions. But when Jane uncovers evidence that Masha may have been more than muse and helpmeet to her famous husband, she seizes her ticket to academic superstardom. Little does she know that she has set in motion a chain of events that will come perilously close to unraveling both her marriage and her career. Lady of the Snakes will be instantly familiar?and instantly unforgettable?to anyone who has ever felt torn between two worlds. Zusammenfassung Jane Levitsky is a bright light in the field of nineteenth-century Russian literature, making her name as an expert on the novels of Grigory Karkov and the diaries of his wife, the long-suffering Masha Karkova. Jane is also wife to sweet, reasonable Billy and mother to lovable (if demanding) Maisie, roles she’s finding surprisingly challenging to juggle along with her ambitions. But when Jane uncovers evidence that Masha may have been more than muse and helpmeet to her famous husband, she seizes her ticket to academic superstardom. Little does she know that she has set in motion a chain of events that will come perilously close to unraveling both her marriage and her career. Lady of the Snakes will be instantly familiar—and instantly unforgettable—to anyone who has ever felt torn between two worlds.

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Pastan
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.05.2009
• EAN: 9780156035057
• ISBN: 978-0-15-603505-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Houghton Mifflin
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, Historical fiction, Russia, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Fiction: general and literary, USSR, Soviet Union, Speeches, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Medieval style, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: General, FICTION: Romance / Contemporary, FICTION: Romance / Collections & Anthologies, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Speeches, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Medieval, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Russian & Former Soviet Union, Modern and Contemporary romance