Shishkin, Mikhail
Maidenhair
- ISBN 13:
- 9781934824368
- author:
- Shishkin, Mikhail
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- OPEN LETTER
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 506
- Dimensions:
- 14 x 2.6 x 21.6 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Maidenhair by Mikhail Shishkin is a powerful exploration of truth and fiction, time and memory. In this moving novel, the boundaries between reality and storytelling are constantly blurred as a group of Russian asylum-seekers recount their experiences to an interpreter. As the stories unfold, they intertwine with the interpreter's own reading: historical accounts, personal correspondence, and the diaries of a Russian singer who lived through war and revolution. This rich tapestry of voices and narratives raises fundamental questions about the nature of truth and its relationship to human experience. Maidenhair is a deeply moving and thought-provoking work by one of Russia's most prominent contemporary writers, Mikhail Shishkin.