Dreams of My Russian Summers
Andrei, a 1960s Soviet schoolboy, recalls his summer visits with his grandmother, Charlotte, in a remote Siberian village, her magical tales of another time and world, and his difficulty reconciling the two contradictory and incompatible worlds that Charlotte's life has spanned."
Andrei, a 1960s Soviet schoolboy, recalls his summer visits with his grandmother, Charlotte, in a remote Siberian village, her magical tales of another time and world, and his difficulty reconciling the two contradictory and incompatible worlds that Charlotte's life has spanned."
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781559703833 (1559703830)
Publish date: August 22nd 1997
Publisher: Arcade Publishing, Inc.
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Contemporary,
Russia,
Russian Literature,
France,
French Literature,
World War II
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