The Wine of Solitude
  • Published:
    Sep-2012
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Literary
  • Time Period:
    1900's-1910's 1920's-1930's 20th Century
  • Pages:
    248
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Introspective and poignant, The Wine of Solitude is the most autobiographical of all of the novels from the celebrated author of Suite Française.

Beginning in a fictionalized Kiev, The Wine of Solitude follows the Karol family through the Great War and the Russian Revolution, as the young Hélène 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 Hélène 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.
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    •  
    • Dec-2011
    • Hogarth Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0701185589
    • ISBN13: 9780701185589
    •  
    • Sep-2012
    • Vintage
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0307745481
    • ISBN13: 9780307745484
    •  
    • Oct-2012
    • Vintage
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0099520370
    • ISBN13: 9780099520375
    •  
    • Nov-2011
    • Chatto & Windus
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0701185570
    • ISBN13: 9780701185572
    •  
    • Dec-2013
    • Vintage
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1409019950
    • ISBN13: 9781409019954
    •  
    • Dec-2014
    • Knopf
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1101911441
    • ISBN13: 9781101911440



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