The Courilof Affair - Softcover

Nemirovsky, Irene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 067697967X ISBN 13: 9780676979671

Publisher: Random House of Canada Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

In 1903 Léon M–a devout terrorist–is given the responsibility by the Revolutionary Committee of publicly “liquidating” Valerian Alexandrovitch Courilof, a notoriously brutal and cold-blooded minister. Posing as his newly appointed personal physician, Léon M is made privy to the inner world of Courilof–his failing health, his troubled domestic situation and, most importantly, the tyrannical grip that the Czar himself holds over all his ministers, forcing them to obey him or suffer the most deadly punishments.

Set in Kiev and St. Petersburg, The Courilof Affair, the story of one man’s inquisition during the Bolshevik Revolution, is both an elegy to a world lost and an unsparing observation of human motives and behaviour during a period of radical upheaval in European history.

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Review:

"Nemirovsky not only unravels the machinations of a revolutionary mind, but rewrites historical events - the novel is based on a real assassination. Like Sartre and Camus, Nemirovsky paints a fictional picture that resonates deep in the contemporary mind, ensuring that terrorism is something more than just a moral and philosophical question" (Guardian)

"Irène Némirovsky is a novelist of the very first order" (Evening Standard)

Book Description:

A masterpiece of early 20th-century literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House of Canada Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 067697967X
• ISBN 13: 9780676979671
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172