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The wine of solitude / Irène Némirovsky

By:

Némirovsky, Irène, 1903-1942

Contributor(s):

Smith, Sandra, 1949-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Chatto & Windus , 2012, c 1935Description: 248 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780701185589

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Bildungsromans

DDC classification:

FIC NEM 23

Summary: 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 strong willed 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC NEM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Fiction		016725

Originally published as Le vin de solitude: Paris : Éditions Albin Michel, 1935

This translation originally published in hardcover: London : Chatto & Windus, 2011.

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 strong willed 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.

Translated from the French to English

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