In a snowbound railway station deep in the Soviet Union, an old man sits playing the piano. He is Alexei Berg, a budding concert pianist whose career was tragically cut short. When the Moscow train arrives he shares a compartment with a stranger, and begins to tell his haunting story.
Andre Makine
A Life's Music
$22.00 – Paperback book / Hodder Headline
In a snowbound railway station deep in the Soviet Union, an old man sits playing the piano. He is Alexei Berg, a budding concert pianist whose career was tragically cut short. When the Moscow train arrives he shares a co... Buy or find out more →
Once Upon The River Of Love
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Readers of Andrei Makine's previous novel,Dreams of My Russian Summers, will recognize similar themes in Once upon the River Love: characters living in the vast isolation of the Siberian steppes; an elderly woman with me... Buy or find out more →
Dreams Of My Russian Summers
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Hailed as extraordinary from coast to coast and winner of both the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Medicis, France's top literary prizes, the national bestsellerDreams of My Russian Summerstraces a sentimental journey that em... Buy or find out more →
Woman Who Waited
$39.95 – Trade cloth / Hodder Headline
"In the spring of 1945, as World War II is winding down, nineteen-year-old Boris Koptek leaves the remote village of Mirnoe to join the Russian army as it closes in on the beleaguered German capital. He leaves behind the... Buy or find out more →