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My Life As a Russian Novel : A Memoir by Emmanuel Carrere (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Title: My Life As A Russian Novel. Binding: Paperback, Paperback. Language: English. Number of Pages: 288. Weight: 0.65 lbs. Publication Date: 2011-08-02. Publisher: Picador USA.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPicador
ISBN-100312569300
ISBN-139780312569303
eBay Product ID (ePID)99607273
Product Key Features
Book TitleMy Life As a Russian Novel : a Memoir
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicFilm / Genres / Documentary, Sociology / General, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Film / Direction & Production
GenrePerforming Arts, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorEmmanuel Carrere
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.5 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsBrims with ideas and incidents...Gripping and fascinating, an intimate portrait of a complicated man's inner life and his struggles to find some kind of happiness and fulfillment., An exceptional book in which the adversary, this time, is Carrère himself, revealed in a lucid, unflinching analysis.... Remarkable., "Carrère brings the whole to sharp focus with a few jarring truths and a moment of great beauty. You leave its last pages with a deep appreciation for life." -Washington Post "Even by the high standards set by his earlier books, Emmanuel Carrère'sMy Life as A Russian Novelis a masterpiece, a searingly candid, breathtakingly beautiful exploration of territories both far and near: Russia and France; the past and the present; brutality and love; the inscrutable desires of the other and the often equally unfathomable motivations of the self. This is an unforgettable book from the most original, exciting, and important figure in contemporary French literature." -Caroline Weber, author ofQueen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution "Emmanuel Carrère has written a work of infinite sorrow, infernal jealousy, and violent passion.My Life as a Russian Noveldazzles. " -Le Monde "An exceptional book in which the adversary, this time, is Carrère himself, revealed in a lucid, unflinching analysis…. Remarkable." -Le Figaro, "A captivating memoir that reads like a literary erotic-suspense novel." - The Boston Globe "Carrère brings the whole to sharp focus with a few jarring truths and a moment of great beauty. You leave its last pages with a deep appreciation for life." - The Washington Post "An elegant, emotional self-examination, full of bleak but truthful insights about the lies and compromises of love." - The Times (London) "Recalls Hitchcock and Calvino." - Details "Brims with ideas and incidents...Gripping and fascinating, an intimate portrait of a complicated man's inner life and his struggles to find some kind of happiness and fulfillment." - The Guardian (London) "Even by the high standards set by his earlier books, Emmanuel Carrère's My Life as A Russian Novel is a masterpiece, a searingly candid, breathtakingly beautiful exploration of territories both far and near: Russia and France; the past and the present; brutality and love; the inscrutable desires of the other and the often equally unfathomable motivations of the self. This is an unforgettable book from the most original, exciting, and important figure in contemporary French literature." -Caroline Weber, author of Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution "Emmanuel Carrère has written a work of infinite sorrow, infernal jealousy, and violent passion. My Life as a Russian Novel dazzles." - Le Monde "An exceptional book in which the adversary, this time, is Carrère himself, revealed in a lucid, unflinching analysis…. Remarkable." - Le Figaro, "A captivating memoir that reads like a literary erotic-suspense novel." -- The Boston Globe "Carrère brings the whole to sharp focus with a few jarring truths and a moment of great beauty. You leave its last pages with a deep appreciation for life." -- The Washington Post "An elegant, emotional self-examination, full of bleak but truthful insights about the lies and compromises of love." -- The Times (London) "Recalls Hitchcock and Calvino." -- Details "Brims with ideas and incidents...Gripping and fascinating, an intimate portrait of a complicated man's inner life and his struggles to find some kind of happiness and fulfillment." -- The Guardian (London) "Even by the high standards set by his earlier books, Emmanuel Carrère's My Life as A Russian Novel is a masterpiece, a searingly candid, breathtakingly beautiful exploration of territories both far and near: Russia and France; the past and the present; brutality and love; the inscrutable desires of the other and the often equally unfathomable motivations of the self. This is an unforgettable book from the most original, exciting, and important figure in contemporary French literature." -- Caroline Weber, author of Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution "Emmanuel Carrère has written a work of infinite sorrow, infernal jealousy, and violent passion. My Life as a Russian Novel dazzles." -- Le Monde "An exceptional book in which the adversary, this time, is Carrère himself, revealed in a lucid, unflinching analysis.... Remarkable." -- Le Figaro, Carrère brings the whole to sharp focus with a few jarring truths and a moment of great beauty. You leave its last pages with a deep appreciation for life., "Carrere brings the whole to sharp focus with a few jarring truths and a moment of great beauty. You leave its last pages with a deep appreciation for life." Washington Post "Even by the high standards set by his earlier books, Emmanuel Carrere's My Life as A Russian Novel is a masterpiece, a searingly candid, breathtakingly beautiful exploration of territories both far and near: Russia and France; the past and the present; brutality and love; the inscrutable desires of the other and the often equally unfathomable motivations of the self. This is an unforgettable book from the most original, exciting, and important figure in contemporary French literature." Caroline Weber, author of Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution "Emmanuel Carrere has written a work of infinite sorrow, infernal jealousy, and violent passion. My Life as a Russian Novel dazzles. " Le Monde "An exceptional book in which the adversary, this time, is Carrere himself, revealed in a lucid, unflinching analysis.... Remarkable." Le Figaro, Even by the high standards set by his earlier books, Emmanuel Carrère's My Life as A Russian Novel is a masterpiece, a searingly candid, breathtakingly beautiful exploration of territories both far and near: Russia and France; the past and the present; brutality and love; the inscrutable desires of the other and the often equally unfathomable motivations of the self. This is an unforgettable book from the most original, exciting, and important figure in contemporary French literature., "A captivating memoir that reads like a literary erotic-suspense novel." -- The Boston Globe "Carrre brings the whole to sharp focus with a few jarring truths and a moment of great beauty. You leave its last pages with a deep appreciation for life." -- The Washington Post "An elegant, emotional self-examination, full of bleak but truthful insights about the lies and compromises of love." -- The Times (London) "Recalls Hitchcock and Calvino." -- Details "Brims with ideas and incidents...Gripping and fascinating, an intimate portrait of a complicated man's inner life and his struggles to find some kind of happiness and fulfillment." -- The Guardian (London) "Even by the high standards set by his earlier books, Emmanuel Carrre's My Life as A Russian Novel is a masterpiece, a searingly candid, breathtakingly beautiful exploration of territories both far and near: Russia and France; the past and the present; brutality and love; the inscrutable desires of the other and the often equally unfathomable motivations of the self. This is an unforgettable book from the most original, exciting, and important figure in contemporary French literature." -- Caroline Weber, author of Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution "Emmanuel Carrre has written a work of infinite sorrow, infernal jealousy, and violent passion. My Life as a Russian Novel dazzles." -- Le Monde "An exceptional book in which the adversary, this time, is Carrre himself, revealed in a lucid, unflinching analysis.... Remarkable." -- Le Figaro, An elegant, emotional self-examination, full of bleak but truthful insights about the lies and compromises of love., Emmanuel Carrère has written a work of infinite sorrow, infernal jealousy, and violent passion. My Life as a Russian Novel dazzles.
Dewey Decimal843.92
SynopsisFrom the master of psychological suspense and the author of The Adversary comes "a work of infinite sorrow, infernal jealousy, and violent passion" ( Le Monde ). Set in Paris and Kotelnich, a small post-Soviet town, My Life as a Russian Novel traces Carr re's pursuit of two obsessions--the disappearance of his Russian grandfather and his erotic fascination with a woman he loves but cannot keep from destroying. In prose that is elegant and passionate, Carr re weaves the strands of his story into a travelogue of a journey inward. Road trip, confession, and erotic tour de force--this fearless reckoning illuminates the schemes we devise to evade ourselves, and the inevitable payment they exact., From the master of psychological suspense and the author of The Adversary comes "a work of infinite sorrow, infernal jealousy, and violent passion" ( Le Monde ). Set in Paris and Kotelnich, a small post-Soviet town, My Life as a Russian Novel traces Carrère's pursuit of two obsessions--the disappearance of his Russian grandfather and his erotic fascination with a woman he loves but cannot keep from destroying. In prose that is elegant and passionate, Carrère weaves the strands of his story into a travelogue of a journey inward. Road trip, confession, and erotic tour de force--this fearless reckoning illuminates the schemes we devise to evade ourselves, and the inevitable payment they exact.
LC Classification NumberPQ2663.A7678
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