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Awarded the Soviet Union's highest military honor for his services during World War II, Ivan Dimitrovich Davidov watches his career dissolve into corrupt government practices and learns of the victimization of his former interpreter daughter, Olia. By the author of Music of a Life. A first novel. 10,000 first printing.
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Makine has written an epic story concerning Ivan Demodov, a war veteran and hero, his daughter Olya and the haunting void between the generations. It is both moving and poignant and I found it
hard to believe this portrayal of 60 years of Russian life is contained in just 176 pages.
Andrei Makine belongs to a select group of authors, like Conrad and Nabokov, who have achieved critical success writing in a foreign language. This is a skilful first novel, Makine's laconic style is combined with startling imagery. Andrei Makine's fiction holds a mirror up to our world and reflects our human foibles with a heavy heart and a wry smile. Unlike Demidov, he notices everything. (Sebastian Shakespeare, Literary Review)
Geoffrey Strachan's luminous translation produces a text which is also notable for the author's avoidance of sensational sex scenes and graphic violence. When the narrative jolts do occur, they are shocking and unexpected. Zola describes Germinal as a "work of pity" in which Maheu, the miners' representative, finds his voice, like Ivan, too late. Andrei Makine like Zola, creates a fictionalised reality, indicting those who abuse power while claiming to rule on the people's behalf for the common good. (Times Literary Supplement)
A HERO'S DAUGHTER carries the unmistakeable stamp of historical and human truth (Sunday Telegraph)
An enormously powerful work (Daily Mail)
A moving love story...Makine juxtaposes horror and beauty to haunting effect. (Irish Times)
(Makine's) understanding of private human moments, little thoughts and random feeling makes this tense, emotional little book really live (Waterstone's books quarterly)
Makine's voice is authentic, his writing deft. He knows what he is writing about and does so with conviction. (Financial Times)
A HERO'S DAUGHTER has the freshness of a young author, unburdened by fame, writing about issues still alive and important to him (Scotland on Sunday)
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A stunning drama of hope and disillusionment by 'a giant of global literature'
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- PublisherArcade Pub
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1559706872
- ISBN 13 9781559706872
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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