My Life as a Russian Novel: A Memoir

by Emmanuel Carrère and Carrere Emmanuel

Book Overview

An unsparingly truthful account of love, betrayal, and the traps we set for ourselves, by France's master of psychological suspenseIn work after work, the critically acclaimed author Emmanuel Carrere has trained his unblinking gaze on the lives of others as they fight a losing battle with that most fearsome of adversaries--the self. Now, determined to escape the bleak visions of his narratives, he takes on a film project in the heart of Russia while also embarking on a new love affair back home in Paris. But soon enough, the diversion he seeks eludes him, intimacy proves too arduous, and Carrv(R)re is left peering into the dark mirror of his own life.Set in Paris and Kotelnich, a small post-Soviet town, "My Life as a Russian Novel" traces Carrere's pursuit of two obsessions--the disappearance of his Russian grandfather and his erotic fascination with a woman he loves but cannot keep from destroying. In prose that is elegant and passionate, Carrere weaves the strands of his story into a travelogue of a journey inward. Road trip, confession, erotic tour de force--this fearless reckoning illuminates the schemes we devise to evade ourselves and the inevitable payment they exact.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805087559
• ISBN13: 9780805087550
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 8.6"