A01=Andrei Makine
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Andrei Makine
automatic-update
B06=Geoffrey Strachan
Category1=Fiction
Category=FA
Category=FBA
Category=FYT
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_bestseller
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_modern-contemporary
eq_nobargain
French literature
Language_English
literary great
love stories
orphans
PA=Available
perestroika
Price_€10 to €20
prize-winning author
PS=Active
romance
Russian literature
softlaunch
soviet russia
Testament Francais
Product details
- ISBN 9781780870496
- Weight: 128g
- Dimensions: 135 x 200mm
- Publication Date: 03 Apr 2014
- Publisher: Quercus Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
In Soviet Russia the desire for freedom is also a desire for the freedom to love. Lovers live as outlaws, traitors to the collective spirit, and love is more intense when it feels like an act of resistance. Now entering middle age, an orphan recalls the fleeting moments that have never left him - a scorching day in a blossoming orchard with a woman who loves another; a furtive, desperate affair in a Black Sea resort; the bunch of snowdrops a crippled childhood friend gave him to give to his lover. As the dreary Brezhnev era gives way to Perestroika and the fall of Communism, the orphan uncovers the truth behind the life of Dmitri Ress, whose tragic fate embodies the unbreakable bond between love and freedom.
Andreï Makine was born in Siberia, but writes his novels in French. Le Testament Français was the winner of the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Medici, and the first novel to win both of these prestigious awards.
