Paullina Simons gives us a work of non-fiction as captivating and heart-wrenching as the lives of Tatiana and Alexander.
Only a few chapters into writing her first story set in Russia, her mother country, Paullina Simons travelled to Leningrad (now St Petersburg) with her beloved Papa. What began as a research trip turned into six days that forever changed her life, the course of her family, and the novel that became The Bronze Horseman. After a quarter-century away from her native land, Paullina and her father found a world trapped in yesteryear, with crumbling stucco buildings, entire families living in seven-square-metre communal apartments, and barren fields bombed so badly that nothing would grow there even fifty years later. And yet there were the spectacular white nights, the warm hospitality of family friends and, of course, the pelmeni and caviar.
At times poignant, at times inspiring and funny, this is both a fascinating glimpse into the inspiration behind the epic saga, and a touching story of a family's history, a father and a daughter, and the fate of a nation.
By:
Paullina Simons Imprint: Harper Collins Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 157mm,
Spine: 27mm
Weight: 711g ISBN:9780732298807 ISBN 10: 0732298806 Pages: 400 Publication Date:23 November 2015 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
