The wine of solitude / Irène Némirovsky ; translated from the French by Sandra Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Némirovsky, Irène, 1903-1942.

Contributor:

Smith, Sandra, 1949-

Standardized Title:

Vin de solitude. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Young women--Russia--20th century--Fiction.

Young women.

Coming of age--Russia--20th century--Fiction.

Coming of age.

Revenge--Fiction.

Revenge.

Genre:

Bildungsromans.

French fiction -- Translations into English.

Physical Description:

248 p. ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, 2012.

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."--P. [4] of cover.

Notes:

"A Vintage International original."

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Green fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780307745484 (trade pbk.) :

0307745481 (trade pbk.) :

OCLC:

769427266