Solovyov and Larionov [electronic resource]
Vodolazkin, Eugene2018
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Shortlisted for the Andrei Bely Prize and Russia's National Big Book Award A groundbreaking and gripping literary detective novel Larionov. A general of the Imperial Russian Army who mysteriously avoided execution by the Bolsheviks when they swept to power and went on to live a long life in Yalta, leaving behind a vast heritage of memoirs. Solovyov. The young history student who travels to Crimea, determined to find out how Larionov evaded capture after the 1917 revolution. With wry humour, Eugene Vodolazkin, one of Russia's foremost contemporary writers, takes readers on a fascinating journey through a momentous period of Russian history, interweaving the intriguing story of two men from very different backgrounds that ultimately asks whether we can really understand the present without first understanding the past.
Main title:
Solovyov and Larionov [electronic resource] / Eugene Vodolazkin
Author:
Vodolazkin, Eugene, AuthorHayden, Lisa C., Translator
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Oneworld Publications, 2018
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Eugene Vodolazkin was born in Kiev and has worked in the department of Old Russian Literature at Pushkin House, St. Petersburg, since 1990. His second novel, Laurus, won the National Big Book Award and the Yasnaya Polyana Award and was shortlisted for the National Bestseller Prize and the Russian Booker Prize. He lives with his family in St Petersburg, Russia.
ISBN:
9781786070364
Language:
English
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2805896
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