Synopses & Reviews
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 bestseller Dreams of My Russian Summers traces a sentimental journey that embraces many of the dramatic events in Russia during the twentieth century. Here is a poignant story of a Soviet boy's ascent into manhood in the 1960s and 1970s, and his extraordinary affection for his mysterious grandmother who seems to have been there for all the pivotal historical events. This epic tale is full of tenderness and passion, pain and heartbreak; mesmerizing, in every way.
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Carolyn Nizzi Warmbold The Atlanta Journal A masterpiece...Makine belongs on the shelf of world literature -- between Lermontov and Nabokov, a few volumes down from Proust.
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Victor Brombert The New York Times Book Review Skillfully constructed and elegantly written...a major novel.
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Donald Newlove The Philadelphia Inquirer [One of the] great novels of this century...a great impressionist work...I've been moved and enslaved by a fabulously gifted writer.
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Thomas McGonigle Los Angeles Times Book Review One of the great autobiographical books of this century.
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Carolyn Nizzi Warmbold
The Atlanta Journal
A masterpiece...Makine belongs on the shelf of world literature -- between Lermontov and Nabokov, a few volumes down from Proust.
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Cyrill Jones-Kellert San Diego Union-Tribune Absolutely magical...quite simply...beautiful.
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Jodi Daynard The Boston Globe An extraordinary novel...an amazing vists unfurls: the world.
Synopsis
This international bestseller has been translated into 26 languages and is the first work to win both of France's top literary honors. "A masterpiece. . . . Makine belongs on the shelf of world literature--between Lermontov and Nabokov, a few volumes down from Proust".--"The Atlanta Journal".
About the Author
Andreï Makine was born in Siberia in 1957. He was granted political asylum in Paris, France, in 1987, where he continues to live.