Maidenhair

by Mikhail Shishkin

Book Overview

"One of the most prominent names in modern Russian literature."--Publishers Weekly

Day after day the Russian asylum-seekers sit across from the interpreter and Peter--the Swiss officers who guard the gates to paradise--and tell of the atrocities they've suffered, or that they've invented, or heard from someone else. These stories of escape, war, and violence intermingle with the interpreter's own reading: a his-tory of an ancient Persian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934824364
• ISBN13: 9781934824368
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Open Letter
• Length: 506 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.5"