The Light and the Dark
The Light and the Dark
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Résumé
Picture two people, young and in love. Picture them being separated from one another. Picture them keeping their love alive through letters. But now imagine they've not just been separated geographically, but also historically. Imagine that their love and letters now defy time and place, life and death...
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The Light and the Dark by Mikhail Shishkin
Fate sends two star-crossed lovers, Sasha and Volodenka, on two separate journeys across space and time. Sasha finds herself as a young woman in a time not far from the present day. Volodenka finds himself as a young soldier in a horrific conflict at the turn of the twentieth century. Yet, despite their cosmic schism, their letters still reach one another; as he helps her to come to terms with life and she helps him to come to terms with death. Half male, half female; half exploration of the physical and the immediate, half meditation on the intangible and the infinite, The Light and the Dark is a literary feat as balanced and beautiful as it is prodigious and profound.
'[A] powerful treatment of love and the vividness of being alive' Sunday Times* Sunday Times *
'A literary masterpiece' Guardian. * Guardian *
'Shishkin is the Ian McEwan of Russia' Monocle. * Monocle *
'A literary masterpiece' Guardian. * Guardian *
'Shishkin is the Ian McEwan of Russia' Monocle. * Monocle *
Mikhail Shishkin (Author) Born in 1961 in Moscow, Mikhail Shishkin is one of the most prominent names in contemporary Russian literature, and is the only author to have won all three major Russian Literary Prizes. He lives in Zurich.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781780871080 |
| ISBN 10 | 1780871082 |
| Titre | The Light and the Dark |
| Auteur | Mikhail Shishkin |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Quercus Publishing |
| Année de publication | 2014-01-02 |
| Nombre de pages | 464 |
| Prix | Winner of Premiya "Bolshaya Kniga" (Russian "Big Book" Prize) 2011 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |