{"product_id":"flight-35","title":"Flight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The Gazdanov revival ... is nothing short of a literary event' \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gazdanov is a modernist master' Mary O'Donoghue \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The Flight is a suave, cosmopolitan human comedy with a twist ... All of Gazdanov's work demonstrates his great gift for characterization. He simply knew human nature, at its best and worst.' Eileen Battersby \u003ci\u003eL.A. Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young man's passion for his father's mistress tips into tragedy. The debut novel of the author of modernist classic \u003ci\u003eThe Spectre of Alexander Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile summering on the French Riviera, the young Seryozha secretly becomes the lover of the much older Liza - who is also his father's mistress. As autumn approaches, they reluctantly part: Liza to return to Paris, Seryozha to take up his studies at university in London. When he finds out about their affair, Seryozha's father attempts to convince Liza to leave his son, for the sake of the boy's own happiness. She finally gives in - but a sudden, fatal catastrophe changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGazdanov's third novel is proof of his wide-ranging talents: originally written before his celebrated noir experiments \u003ci\u003eThe Spectre of Alexander Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Buddha's Return\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Flight\u003c\/i\u003e blends psychological drama, illicit romance and moments of both comedy and lyricism. It is a modernist take on the traditional Russian nineteenth-century realist novel epitomised by Tolstoy, and a devastating, sun-soaked romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Bryan Karetnyk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGaito Gazdanov (1903-1971) joined the White Army aged just sixteen and fought in the Russian Civil War. Exiled in Paris from the 1920s onwards, he earned a living as a nocturnal taxi-driver and quickly gained prominence on the literary scene as a novelist, essayist, critic and short-story writer, and was greatly admired by Maxim Gorky, among others. Pushkin Press also publishes the celebrated \u003ci\u003eThe Spectre of Alexander Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Buddha's Return\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBryan Karetnyk is a British writer and translator. His translations for Pushkin Press include works by Ichiyo Higuchi, Irina Odoevtseva, Jun'ichiro Tanizaki and Ryunosuke Akutagawa. He is also the editor of the Penguin Classics anthology \u003ci\u003eRussian Émigré Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57258548461912,"sku":"9781805332091","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781805332091_7398ff22-5d9e-4185-b875-1eb718c49ca1.jpg?v=1779274833","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/flight-35","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}