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Named Best Foreign Book of 2021 in FranceFinalist for the Prix Médicis 2021Longlisted for the European Literature Prize 2021The longest river in Europe, the Volga, divides the continent in two. On one side, mighty mountains, large Russian cities with white stone churches, translucent blue lakes of icy water, a cold wind blowing from the North Sea, and, in the early years of the 20th century, the winds of momentous change blowing even harder, bringing with them revolution & ideologies that will shape the next 2 centuries of human history. On the other side, a world that belongs to the past, that is shored up by the vast Western Steppe, where small villages dot vast farmlands & life is perfumed by a hot, fragrant breeze that has its source in the Turkmen desert & the salty Caspian Sea.Two worlds that could not be further apart. Two worlds that will be brought together when Jakob Bach is hired by Udo Grimm to give lessons to Grimm’s daughter, Klara. The love that grows between Jakob & Klara has unimaginable consequences. Expelled from Gnadenthal when their affair is discovered, they settle in a secluded hamlet hidden deep in the woods to live their lives in peace. But following a trag

Who reads A Volga Tale: A Novel?

Author

Guzel Yakhina, Polly Gannon (translation)

Publisher

Europa Editions, Incorporated

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781609459352

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, World Fiction