The Madonnas of Leningrad: A Novel
de Dean, Debra
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060888148
- ISBN 13
- 9780060888145
- Librería
-
Hopkins, Minnesota, United States
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Sinopsis
One of the most talked about books of the year . . . Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday. And while the elderly Russian woman cannot hold on to fresh memories -- the details of her grown children's lives, the approaching wedding of her grandchild -- her distant past is preserved: vivid images that rise unbidden of her youth in war-torn Leningrad.In the fall of 1941, the German army approached the outskirts of Leningrad, signaling the beginning of what would become a long and torturous siege. During the ensuing months, the city's inhabitants would brave starvation and the bitter cold, all while fending off the constant German onslaught. Marina, then a tour guide at the Hermitage Museum, along with other staff members, was instructed to take down the museum's priceless masterpieces for safekeeping, yet leave the frames hanging empty on the walls -- a symbol of the artworks' eventual return. To hold on to sanity when the Luftwaffe's bombs began to fall, she burned to memory, brushstroke by brushstroke, these exquisite artworks: the nude figures of women, the angels, the serene Madonnas that had so shortly before gazed down upon her. She used them to furnish a "memory palace," a personal Hermitage in her mind to which she retreated to escape terror, hunger, and encroaching death. A refuge that would stay buried deep within her, until she needed it once more. . . .Seamlessly moving back and forth in time between the Soviet Union and contemporary America, The Madonnas of Leningrad is a searing portrait of war and remembrance, of the power of love, memory, and art to offer beauty, grace, and hope in the face of overwhelming despair. Gripping, touching, and heartbreaking, it marks the debut of Debra Dean, a bold new voice in American fiction.
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A beautiful story about a woman lost in the present while her mind is haunted by the past. Wonderfully descriptive recollections of the artwork at the Hermitage Museum give hope during the siege of Leningrad. “The Madonnas of Leningrad” perfectly intersects the life of a young Russian woman during World War II with the life of the same as an elderly woman gripped by Alzheimer's. An unforgettable first novel.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Walther's Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 003762
- Título
- The Madonnas of Leningrad: A Novel
- Autor
- Dean, Debra
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0060888148
- ISBN 13
- 9780060888145
- Editorial
- Morrow
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2006
- Palabras clave
- FICTION NOVEL HISTORICAL LENINGRAD WWII ARC PROOF ADVANCE
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Walther's Books
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Walther's Books
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