The Woman Who Waited: A Novel - Hardcover

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9781559707749: The Woman Who Waited: A Novel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559707747 ISBN 13: 9781559707749

Publisher: Arcade Pub, 2006

Nearly three decades after a young Russian soldier is reported killed in action during World War II, his fianc�e clings to a vain belief that he has survived and steadfastly awaits his return, a situation that frustrates a Leningrad native who has fallen madly in love with the woman. By the author of Requiem for a Lost Empire.

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Review:

Undisputedly a novelist of genius . . . a remarkable work (Spectator on THE EARTH AND SKY OF JACQUES D)

One of the most extraordinary novels I've read for a long time . . . endlessly fascinating and beautifully written (Sunday Herald on THE EARTH AND SKY OF JACQU)

A masterpiece . . . a novella to be read in a lunch hour and remembered for ever (Jilly Cooper, Sunday Telegraph Books of the)

Masterly (Independent Books of the Year on A LIFE'S M)

Andre� Makine has been compared to Nabokov, Chekhov, Proust. Far from flattering him, such plaudits barely begin to do him justice (Spectator on REQUIEM FOR THE EAST)

There's no author writing today I admire more than Makine. This novel is extraordinary (Allan Massie, Scotsman on REQUIEM FOR THE E)

A superb novel . . . it is Makine's achievement to convey the essential with economy, grace and beauty (Scotsman on LE TESTAMENT FRANCAIS)

Great literature, necessary and profound (Independent on LE TESTAMENT FRANCAIS)

Book Description:

The bestselling new novel from a master of European literature, a grippingly unpredictable, sensual tale of longing and betrayal.

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