Days in the Caucasus [electronic resource]
Banine2019
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A scintillatingly witty memoir telling the story of a young woman's determined
struggle for freedom
We all know families that are poor but 'respectable'. Mine, in contrast, was
extremely rich but not 'respectable' at all...
This is the unforgettable memoir of an 'odd, rich, exotic' childhood, of growing
up in Azerbaijan in the turbulent early twentieth century, caught between East
and West, tradition and modernity.
Banine remembers her luxurious home, with endless feasts of sweets and fruit;
her beloved, flaxen-haired German governess; her imperious, swearing, strict
Muslim grandmother; her bickering, poker-playing, chain-smoking relatives. She
recalls how the Bolsheviks came, and they lost everything. How, amid revolution
and bloodshed, she fell passionately in love, only to be forced into marriage
with a man she loathed- until the chance of escape arrived.
By turns gossipy and romantic, wry and moving, Days in the Caucasus is a
coming-of-age story and a portrait...
Main title:
Author:
Banine, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Pushkin Press, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781782274889
Language:
English
BRN:
433825
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |