The London winter of 1947. As cold as St Petersburg during the Revolution. The Karenins keep their vodka under the layers of snow in their suburban garden, in bottles entombed like their Russian past. But when a young Frenchwoman arrives to work as a companion to the aged 'Monsieur Ka' he begins to tell his story. Albertine is the wife of a British army officer who is often abroad on covert government business. Lonely, yet eager to work, she begins to write Monsieur Ka’s life story a as a secret gift to him, and even learns his mother tongue. To her ear it is like 'the sound of fallin Monsieur Ka - Vesna Goldsworthy od authora Vesna Goldsworthy a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Vesna Goldsworthy |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
288 |
Rok vydání |
2018 |
Žánr |
beletrie |
Typ |
filmy |
Nakladatelství |
Chatto and Windus |