The Beginning of Spring
Frank Reid is a struggling printer in Moscow. On the eve of the Revolution, his wife returns to her native England, leaving him to raise their three young children alone. How does a reasonable man like Frank cope? Should he listen to the Tolstoyan advice of his bookkeeper? And should he, in his...
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Frank Reid is a struggling printer in Moscow. On the eve of the Revolution, his wife returns to her native England, leaving him to raise their three young children alone. How does a reasonable man like Frank cope? Should he listen to the Tolstoyan advice of his bookkeeper? And should he, in his wife's absence, resist his desire for his lovely Russian housemaid? How can anyone know how to live the right life?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780395908716 (039590871X)
Publish date: September 3rd 1998
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Contemporary,
Russia,
English Literature
bookshelves: published-1988, slavic, autumn-2010, period-piece, re-read, spring-2011, play-dramatisation, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, booker-longlist Read from February 26 to 27, 2011, read count: 2 ** spoiler alert ** Re-read details - Paper read this time, as I feel sure that there was m...
Re-read details - Paper read this time, as I feel sure that there was much more of a story than I gleaned from the BBC radio dramatisation.In 1913 the journey from Moscow to Charing Cross, changing at Warsaw, cost fourteen pounds, six shillings and threepence and took two and a half days.-----------...
This is not Penelope Fitzgerald's best, but it *is* still Penelope Fitzgerald. Plus I love the cover.
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