Overview
Introspective and poignant, The Wine of Solitude is the most autobiographical of all of the novels from the celebrated author of Suite Fran aise. Beginning in a fictionalized Kiev, The Wine of Solitude follows the Karol family through the Great War and the Russian Revolution, as the young H l ne grows from a dreamy, unhappy child into a strongwilled young woman. From the hot Kiev summers to the cruel winters of St Petersburg and eventually to springtime in Paris, the would-be writer H l ne blossoms, despite her mother's neglect, into a clear-eyed observer of the life around her. Here is a powerful tale of disillusionment -- the story of an upbringing that produces a young woman as hard as a diamond, prepared to wreak a shattering revenge on her mother. A Vintage Paperback Original
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- ISBN-13: 9780307745484
- ISBN-10: 0307745481
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: September 2012
- Dimensions: 7.97 x 5.2 x 0.74 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.57 pounds
- Page Count: 256
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