2017 - Brossura

Slavnikova, Olga

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1468301217 ISBN 13: 9781468301212

Casa editrice: Overlook Pr, 2012

Riassunto

In a Russian Booker Prize-winning tale set 100 years after the revolution in a region of painful class distinctions, a wealthy professor launches an expedition to locate a cache of priceless rubies while his gem-cutter protégé begins a scandalous affair that is overshadowed by his ex-wife and a spy.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

"An unsettling but satisfying experience." — –The New York Journal of Books

"Slavnikova is a cheeky, intelligent, and forceful storyteller... her cutting humor and over-the-top descriptions of classic Russian characters and nouveau-riche thugs recall Russian-born American writer Gary Shteyngart.” — ForeWord

L'autore:

Olga Slavnikova was born in 1957 near Ekaterinburg. She won the Russian Booker prize in 2006 for 2017.

Marian Schwartz is a prize-winning translator of Russian fiction, history, biography, criticism, and fine art.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Overlook Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1468301217
• ISBN 13: 9781468301212
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 414