{"product_id":"9780312569303","title":"My Life as a Russian Novel : A Memoir","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMy Life as a Russian Novel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Emmanuel Carrère\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the master of psychological suspense and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Adversary \u003c\/i\u003ecomes \"a work of infinite sorrow, infernal jealousy, and violent passion\" (\u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e). Set in Paris and Kotelnich, a small post-Soviet town, \u003ci\u003eMy Life as a Russian Novel \u003c\/i\u003etraces Carrère's pursuit of two obsessions—the disappearance of his Russian grandfather and his erotic fascination with a woman he loves but cannot keep from destroying. In prose that is elegant and passionate, Carrère weaves the strands of his story into a travelogue of a journey inward. Road trip, confession, and erotic tour de force—this fearless reckoning illuminates the schemes we devise to evade ourselves, and the inevitable payment they exact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A captivating memoir that reads like a literary erotic-suspense novel.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Carrère brings the whole to sharp focus with a few jarring truths and a moment of great beauty. You leave its last pages with a deep appreciation for life.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An elegant, emotional self-examination, full of bleak but truthful insights about the lies and compromises of love.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Times (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Recalls Hitchcock and Calvino.” —\u003ci\u003eDetails\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brims with ideas and incidents...Gripping and fascinating, an intimate portrait of a complicated man's inner life and his struggles to find some kind of happiness and fulfillment.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Even by the high standards set by his earlier books, Emmanuel Carrère's \u003ci\u003eMy Life as A Russian Novel\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece, a searingly candid, breathtakingly beautiful exploration of territories both far and near: Russia and France; the past and the present; brutality and love; the inscrutable desires of the other and the often equally unfathomable motivations of the self. This is an unforgettable book from the most original, exciting, and important figure in contemporary French literature.” —\u003ci\u003eCaroline Weber, author of Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Emmanuel Carrère has written a work of infinite sorrow, infernal jealousy, and violent passion. \u003ci\u003eMy Life as a Russian Novel\u003c\/i\u003e dazzles.” —\u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An exceptional book in which the adversary, this time, is Carrère himself, revealed in a lucid, unflinching analysis…. Remarkable.” —\u003ci\u003eLe Figaro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312569303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40631380410574,"sku":"9780312569303","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_e61a2d82-98d2-48b1-b3d3-0208d100a5a8.jpg?v=1638843067","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312569303","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}