
2017
Olga Slavnikova(Author)
Overlook Press
Published on 2. October 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
414 pages
978-1-4683-0121-2 (ISBN)
Description
In a Russian Booker Prize-winning tale set 100 years after the revolution in a region of painful class distinctions, a wealthy professor launches an expedition to locate a cache of priceless rubies while his gem-cutter protege begins a scandalous affair that is overshadowed by his ex-wife and a spy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4683-0121-2 (9781468301212)
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Olga Slavnikova was born in 1957 near Ekaterinburg. She won the Russian Booker prize in 2006 for 2017.
Marian Schwartz is a prize-winning translator of Russian fiction, history, biography, criticism, and fine art.
Marian Schwartz is a prize-winning translator of Russian fiction, history, biography, criticism, and fine art.