The flight /

The flight /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gazdanov, Gaito, author.
Uniform title:	Polyot. English
Imprint:	London : Pushkin Press, 2016. ©2016
Description:	286 pages ; 17 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Russians -- France -- Fiction. Immigrants -- France -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Life change events -- Fiction. Families -- Fiction. Adultery -- Fiction. Adultery. Families. Immigrants. Life change events. Man-woman relationships. Russians. Riviera (France) -- Fiction. France. France -- Riviera. Romance fiction. Domestic fiction. Fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10808349

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Other authors / contributors:	Karetnyk, Bryan, translator.
ISBN:	9781782271628 1782271627
Notes:	The flight (Polyot) was partially serialized in 1939 in Russkie zapiski, and first published in its complete form in Russian in 1992. Translated from the Russian.
Summary:	While summering on the French Riviera, the young Seryozha secretly becomes the lover of the much older Liza - who is also his father's mistress. As autumn approaches, they reluctantly part: Liza to return to Paris, Seryozha to take up his studies at university in London. When he finds out about their affair, Seryozha's father attempts to convince Liza to leave his son, for the sake of the boy's own happiness. She finally gives in - but a sudden, fatal catastrophe changes everything...

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Summary:	First English translation of this novel by the author of The Spectre of Alexander Wolf
Item Description:	The flight (Polyot) was partially serialized in 1939 in Russkie zapiski, and first published in its complete form in Russian in 1992.
Physical Description:	286 pages ; 17 cm
ISBN:	9781782271628 1782271627