The Light and the Dark, 9781780871080
Paperback
Star-crossed lovers connect across time, light battling the dark.

The Light and the Dark

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  • Paperback

    464 pages

  • Release Date

    31 May 2014

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Summary

Star-Crossed Letters: A Tale of Two Journeys

Fate unravels the threads of Sasha and Volodenka’s lives, casting them on separate odysseys through the vast expanse of space and time. Sasha emerges as a young woman in the near future, while Volodenka finds himself a soldier amidst the brutal landscape of a turn-of-the-century war.

Though separated by cosmic forces, their letters transcend the boundaries of reality, becoming a lifeline that connects their souls. He guides her th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781780871080
ISBN-10:1780871082
Author:Mikhail Shishkin, Andrew Bromfield
Publisher:Quercus Publishing
Imprint:riverrun
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:31 May 2014
Weight:316g
Dimensions:198mm x 132mm x 30mm
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Critics Review

‘Shishkin is the Ian McEwan of Russia’ Monocle .

’[A] powerful treatment of love and the vividness of being alive’ Sunday Times. * Sunday Times *‘A literary masterpiece’ Guardian. * Guardian *‘Shishkin is the Ian McEwan of Russia’ Monocle. * Monocle *

About The Author

Mikhail Shishkin

Born in 1961 in Moscow, Mikhail Shishkin is one of the most prominent names in contemporary Russian literature, and is the only author to have won all three major Russian Literary Prizes. He lives in Zurich.

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