
The Wine of Solitude
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Series: Vintage International
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ISBN10: 0307745481
ISBN13: 9780307745484
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Sep 18 2012
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.97
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780307745484
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Sep 18 2012
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.74 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.97
Language: English
Introspective and poignant, The Wine of Solitude is the most autobiographical of all of the novels from the celebrated author of Suite Française. Beginning in a fictionalized Kiev, The Wine of Solitude follows the Karol family through the Great War and the Russian Revolution, as the young Hélène grows from a dreamy, unhappy child into a strongwilled young woman. From the hot Kiev summers to the cruel winters of St Petersburg and eventually to springtime in Paris, the would-be writer Hélène blossoms, despite her mother's neglect, into a clear-eyed observer of the life around her. Here is a powerful tale of disillusionment -- the story of an upbringing that produces a young woman as hard as a diamond, prepared to wreak a shattering revenge on her mother. A Vintage Paperback Original
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