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The Tattered Cloak and Other Stories

The Tattered Cloak and Other Stories

Nina Berberova
3.8/5 ( ratings)
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The greatest collection by one of the great Russian writers is now back in print. First published in Europe in the 1930s and '40s, these searing, evocative stories by the late emigre writer Nina Berberova are portraits of the lives of Russian exiles in Paris on the eve of World War II. The protagonists range from housekeepers and waiters to shabby-genteel aristocrats and intellectualsbut all are united in a haunting displacement from their pasts, and all share a troubling uncertainty about the future.
Language
English
Pages
308
Format
Paperback
Publisher
New Directions
Release
June 17, 2001
ISBN
0811214737
ISBN 13
9780811214735

The Tattered Cloak and Other Stories

Nina Berberova
3.8/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
The greatest collection by one of the great Russian writers is now back in print. First published in Europe in the 1930s and '40s, these searing, evocative stories by the late emigre writer Nina Berberova are portraits of the lives of Russian exiles in Paris on the eve of World War II. The protagonists range from housekeepers and waiters to shabby-genteel aristocrats and intellectualsbut all are united in a haunting displacement from their pasts, and all share a troubling uncertainty about the future.
Language
English
Pages
308
Format
Paperback
Publisher
New Directions
Release
June 17, 2001
ISBN
0811214737
ISBN 13
9780811214735

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