Russian Winter - A Novel

Zusatztext "Tender! passionate! and moving! Daphne Kalotay's debut novel about ballet! jewels! love and betrayal is also a delicious form of time travel. I loved it." Informationen zum Autor Daphne Kalotay is the author of the award-winning novel Russian Winter ! which has been published in twenty languages! and the fiction collection Calamity and Other Stories . She has received fellowships from the Christopher Isherwood Foundation! the MacDowell Colony! and Yaddo! and has taught at Boston University! Skidmore College! Grub Street! and Middlebury College. She lives in Somerville! Massachusetts. Klappentext When Nina Revskaya! former star of the Bolshoi Ballet! decides to auction her remarkable jewelry! she hopes to draw a curtain on her past. Instead! she is overwhelmed by memories of glorious and heartbreaking events that changed her life's course half a century before. In Russia! she discovered the theater! fell in love with a famed poet! and became—with her closest friends—a victim of Stalinist aggression. A terrible discovery led to a deadly act of betrayal—and to Nina's escape to Boston.Now! an associate at the Boston auction house and a Russian professor are unraveling a mystery surrounding a love letter! a poem! and a necklace of unknown provenance! stirring up revelations that will have life-altering consequences for all. Zusammenfassung “Daphne Kalotay captivates in a soaring debut novel. An elegant! compelling puzzle of family! memory and solitude that brings to life modern-day Boston and postwar Russia through a profound love story. Graceful! moving! and unexpected.” —Matthew Pearl! New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Club   In Russian Winter! the beautiful debut novel by critically acclaimed writer Daphne Kalotay! a famed ballerina’s jewelry auction in Boston reveals long-held secrets of love and family! friendship and rivalry! harkening back to Stalinist Russia. Called “tender! passionate! and moving” by Jenna Blum! the New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us ! Russian Winter is a perfect choice for fans of the novels of Debra Dean ( The Madonnas of Leningrad )! Ann Patchett ( Bel Canto )! and Ian McEwan ( Atonement ). ...

Product details

• Authors: Daphne Kalotay
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.09.2010
• EAN: 9780062002426
• ISBN: 978-0-06-200242-6
• No. of pages: 682
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Thrillers / Historical, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION: Romance / Suspense, FICTION: Crime