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Informationen zum Autor Janet Fitch's first novel! White Oleander! a #1 bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection! has been translated into 24 languages and was made into a feature film. Her most recent novel! Paint It Black! hit bestseller lists across the country and has also been made into a film. She lives in Los Angeles. Klappentext From the mega-bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black! a sweeping historical saga of the Russian Revolution! as seen through the eyes of one young woman St. Petersburg! New Year's Day! 1916: Marina Makarova is as old as the century. A young woman of privilege! she writes poetry! dreams of a dashing young officer! and aches to break out of the constraints of her genteel life. But this life is about to be violently upended by the vast forces of history. Swept up on these tides! Marina will join the marches for workers' rights! fall in love with a radical young poet! spy for the Bolsheviks! and betray everything she holds dear! before being betrayed in turn. As her country goes through almost unimaginable upheaval! Marina's own coming of age unfolds! marked by deep passion and devastating loss! great brutality and unexpected redemption! and the private heroism of an ordinary woman living through extraordinary times. Written in lush! powerful prose by a master storyteller! The Revolution of Marina M. is a publishing event: the epic! mesmerizing story of one indomitable woman's journey through some of the most dramatic events of the last century. From the mega-bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black, a sweeping historical saga of the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of one woman Zusammenfassung From the mega-bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black! a sweeping historical saga of the Russian Revolution! as seen through the eyes of one young woman St. Petersburg! New Year's Day! 1916: Marina Makarova is as old as the century. A young woman of privilege! she writes poetry! dreams of a dashing young officer! and aches to break out of the constraints of her genteel life. But this life is about to be violently upended by the vast forces of history. Swept up on these tides! Marina will join the marches for workers' rights! fall in love with a radical young poet! spy for the Bolsheviks! and betray everything she holds dear! before being betrayed in turn. As her country goes through almost unimaginable upheaval! Marina's own coming of age unfolds! marked by deep passion and devastating loss! great brutality and unexpected redemption! and the private heroism of an ordinary woman living through extraordinary times. Written in lush! powerful prose by a master storyteller! The Revolution of Marina M. is a publishing event: the epic! mesmerizing story of one indomitable woman's journey through some of the most dramatic events of the last century. ...
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"Marina's unlikely bildungsroman proves so gripping that it's hard to put down...Fitch depicts [the Revolution] with devastating accuracy and imaginative power...sprawling, majestic."-Ani Kokobobo, LA Review of Books
