Brief Loves That Live Forever

by Andreï Makine

Book Overview

A beautifully observed and moving account of love and the human spirit in the Soviet era

In Soviet Russia the desire for freedom is also a desire for the freedom to love. Lovers live as outlaws, traitors to the collective spirit, and love is more intense when it feels like an act of resistance. Now entering middle age, an orphan recalls the fleeting moments that have never left him-a scorching day in a blossoming orchard with a woman...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155597712X
• ISBN13: 9781555977122
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"