Russian Winter: A Novel - Hardcover

Kalotay, Daphne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061962163 ISBN 13: 9780061962165

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2010

Synopsis

"Daphne Kalotay captivates in a soaring debut novel. An elegant, compelling puzzle of family, memory and solitude that brings to life modern-day Boston and postwar Russia through a profound love story. Graceful, moving, and unexpected."
--Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Club

In Russian Winter, the beautiful debut novel by critically acclaimed writer Daphne Kalotay, a famed ballerina's jewelry auction in Boston reveals long-held secrets of love and family, friendship and rivalry, harkening back to Stalinist Russia. Called "tender, passionate, and moving" by Jenna Blum, the New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us, Russian Winter is a perfect choice for fans of the novels of Debra Dean (The Madonnas of Leningrad), Ann Patchett (Bel Canto), and Ian McEwan (Atonement).

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Review:

"An exceptional debut novel. . . . Delving into Nina's life with the Bolshoi Ballet, her life among the Soviet Union's artist community and her escape from the Stalinist regime add glamour and historical flavor to this novel of secrets, intrigue and wonderfully described priceless gems."--USA Today

"Kalotay has created appealing, well-rounded characters in well-researched settings. . . . This is a briskly paced, fresh, and engaging first novel dealing with the pain of loss and the power of love."--Booklist

"[A] magnificent tale of love, loss, betrayal and redemption. . . . The emotional center of the book holds everything together. . . . [A] final riptide of revelations leaves the reader profoundly moved."--Washington Post Book World

"Part romance, part mystery, this elegant debut captures the danger--and refuge--of love in Stalin's era."--Good Housekeeping

"This tale of a Russian ballerina who defected to Boston is a history lesson inside an evocative novel about art and betrayal."--O magazine

"RUSSIAN WINTER. . . is engaging and affecting. It could well be the debut novel of the year."--Philadelphia Inquirer

"With sure and suspenseful artistry, Daphne Kalotay intersperses the unfortunate and tortuous histories of Nina, Elsin, and their artist friends with new discoveries and disclosures. The several stories draw together in a conclusion that is surprising, fitting, and satisfying."--Boston Globe

"Daphne Kalotay captivates in a soaring debut novel. An elegant, compelling puzzle of family, memory and solitude that brings to life modern-day Boston and postwar Russia through a profound love story. Graceful, moving and unexpected."--Matthew Pearl, New York Times bestselling author of The Dante Club

An exceptional debut novel. . . . Delving into Nina s life with the Bolshoi Ballet, her life among the Soviet Union s artist community and her escape from the Stalinist regime add glamour and historical flavor to this novel of secrets, intrigue and wonderfully described priceless gems. --USA Today"

[A] magnificent tale of love, loss, betrayal and redemption. . . . The emotional center of the book holds everything together. . . . [A] final riptide of revelations leaves the reader profoundly moved. --Washington Post Book World"

From the Publisher:

An award-winning novel set in postwar Moscow and modern-day Boston, Russian Winter tells the story of Bolshoi ballerina Nina Revskaya as she becomes a member of Stalin's cultural elite before escaping to the West following a terrible betrayal. Decades later, she has decided to auction off her famed jewelry collection--including the rare set of amber that a Boston professor, Grigori Solodin, translator of the works of Revskaya's late poet-husband, believes may hold the key to a long-kept secret. The literary mystery Grigori sets out to solve--with the help of a young associate at the Boston auction house--reaches much deeper: to the cost of making art and trying to live and love under circumstances of enormous repression.

Russian Winter was a bestseller in North America and has already been translated into 14 languages.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061962163
• ISBN 13: 9780061962165
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 466