Isolde by Irina Odoevtseva
The first English translation of a pioneering Russian writer: a hypnotically dark classic of love, deceit and wayward youth in Paris
"Enthralling. . a compellingly conflicted portrait."
—Guardian Review
"In a literary scene dominated by men, Irina Odoevtseva offered a remarkably frank depiction of female sexuality—as if Annabel Leigh, or even Dolores Haze, had the chance to write her own painful story."
—Times Literary Supplement
"Lovely but also ominous . . . a gem of a novel, intensely attractive and bitter at the same time."
—Spectator
—Guardian Review
"In a literary scene dominated by men, Irina Odoevtseva offered a remarkably frank depiction of female sexuality—as if Annabel Leigh, or even Dolores Haze, had the chance to write her own painful story."
—Times Literary Supplement
"Lovely but also ominous . . . a gem of a novel, intensely attractive and bitter at the same time."
—Spectator
Irina Odoevtseva was a Russian novelist, poet, translator and memoirist. Born in 1895 in Riga, then part of the Russian Empire, she moved to St Petersburg in 1914 and there enrolled in the literary faculty of the Institute of the Living Word and established herself as a poet. In 1922, Odoevtseva fled Russia with her husband, the poet Georgy Ivanov. After a brief period in Berlin the couple settled in Paris, where Odoevtseva wrote short fiction and several successful novels, including Angel of Death (1927) and Isolde (1929). Later, she had great success with her memoirs On the Banks of the Neva (1967) and On the Banks of the Seine (1983). She returned to Russia in 1987 at the age of ninety-one to a rapturous reception.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781782274773 |
| ISBN 10 | 1782274774 |
| Title | Isolde |
| Author | Irina Odoevtseva |
| Series | Pushkin Collection |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Year published | 2019-07-04 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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