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Monsieur Ka
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‘A beautiful haunting novel… looking at a familiar London through a frosty, snowy lens. Wonderful’ Caryl PhillipsThe London winter of 1947 is as cold as St Petersburg during the Revolution. Albertine, the wife of a British army officer often abroad on covert government business, finds herself increasingly lonely. Eager to distract herself with work, she takes a job as companion to the mysterious ‘Monsieur Ka’, a Russian émigré. As she is drawn into Ka’s dramatic past, her own life is shaken to its foundations. For in this family of former princes, there are present temptations which could profoundly affect her future.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.202 kg |
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| Dimensions | 1.8 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 288 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 2019-2-21 |
| Imprint | |
| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 1784704520 |
| About The Author | Vesna Goldsworthy was born in Belgrade in 1961 and has lived in London since 1986. She writes in English, her third language. Her books include an internationally bestselling memoir, Chernobyl Strawberries, and a novel, Gorsky. A former BBC World Service journalist, she is currently professor in creative writing at the University of Exeter and at UEA. |
| Review Quote | Goldsworthy is an elegant writer, skilful at building atmosphere. Her fiction-within-fiction device is clever and intriguing … the novel could hardly seem more of the moment |
| Other text | It often takes an emigre to describe a country most clearly, and Goldsworthy, who was born in Belgrade but has lived in London for 30 years, is proving a most accomplished poet of her adopted city … A delight |
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