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The Life of an Unknown Man

4.06 (807 ratings by Goodreads)

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By (author): Andrei Makine

Translated by: Geoffrey Strachan

'It is impossible to exaggerate the power of this short, unbearably poignant novel.' Mail on Sunday

'A bold and elegant novel' Helen Dunmore, Guardian

'A haunting story, beautifully told' Viv Groskop, Observer

An extraordinary story of love and endurance during the Siege of Leningrad lies at the heart of a magnificent novel about Russia past and present, and the human condition.

One night in St Petersburg, two men meet, both adrift in the brash new Russia: Shutov, a writer visiting after years of exile in Paris, and Volsky, an elderly survivor of the Siege of Leningrad and Stalin's purges. His life story - one of extreme suffering, courage and an extraordinary love - he considers unremarkable. To Shutov it is a revelation, the tale of an unsung hero that puts everything into perspective and suggests where true happiness lies.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 215g
  • Dimensions: 132 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 12 May 2011
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781444700480

About Andrei Makine

Andreï Makine was born in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia in 1957 but has lived in France since 1987. With his fourth novel LE TESTAMENT FRANCAIS he became the first author to win both of France's top literary prizes the Prix Goncourt and Prix Medicis. It has gone on to sell over a million copies and be translated into 28 languages. Since then Andreï Makine has written five novels including A LIFE'S MUSIC which won the Grand Prix RTL-Lire.

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