The Last and the First
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2021
Pushkin Press (Verlag)
978-1-78227-697-5 (ISBN)
Pushkin Press (Verlag)
978-1-78227-697-5 (ISBN)
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The first English translation of celebrated Russian writer Nina Berberova's debut novel: an intense story of family conflict.
On a crisp September morning, trouble comes to the Gorbatovs' farm. Having fled revolution and civil war in Russia, the family has worked tirelessly to establish themselves as crop farmers in Provence, their hopes of returning home a distant dream. While young Ilya Stepanovich is committed to this new way of life, his step-brother Vasya looks only to the past. With the arrival of a letter from Paris, a plot to lure Vasya back to Russia begins in earnest, and Ilya must set out for the capital to try to preserve his family's fragile stability.
The first novel by the celebrated Russian writer Nina Berberova, The Last and the First is an elegant and devastating portrayal of the internal struggles of a generation of émigrés. Appearing for the first time in English in a stunning translation by the prize-winning Marian Schwartz, it shows Berberova in full command of her gifts as a writer of masterful poise and psychological insight.
On a crisp September morning, trouble comes to the Gorbatovs' farm. Having fled revolution and civil war in Russia, the family has worked tirelessly to establish themselves as crop farmers in Provence, their hopes of returning home a distant dream. While young Ilya Stepanovich is committed to this new way of life, his step-brother Vasya looks only to the past. With the arrival of a letter from Paris, a plot to lure Vasya back to Russia begins in earnest, and Ilya must set out for the capital to try to preserve his family's fragile stability.
The first novel by the celebrated Russian writer Nina Berberova, The Last and the First is an elegant and devastating portrayal of the internal struggles of a generation of émigrés. Appearing for the first time in English in a stunning translation by the prize-winning Marian Schwartz, it shows Berberova in full command of her gifts as a writer of masterful poise and psychological insight.
Nina Berberova (1901-1993) was a Russian-born writer. Raised in St Petersburg, she left Russia in 1922 and lived in Germany, Czechoslovakia and Italy before settling in Paris in 1925. There she published widely in the émigré press, and wrote the stories and novels for which she is now known. Berberova emigrated to the United States in 1950 and eventually took up academic posts at Yale and then Princeton. In France she was honoured as a chevalier of l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.07.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Pushkin Collection |
| Übersetzer | Marian Schwartz |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 120 x 165 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78227-697-1 / 1782276971 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78227-697-5 / 9781782276975 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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