The Light and the Dark
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Picture two people, young and in love. Picture them being separated from one another. Picture them keeping their love alive through letters. So far, so simple.
Now imagine they've not just been separated geographically, but also historically. Imagine that their love and letters now defy time and place, life and death.
By now you realize that this novel is unique.
And, when you learn how it has made Russian literary-prize history, and has to-date been sold in twenty-two languages, you begin to sense just how unique...
Mikhail Shishkin
Mikhail Shishkin (Author)
Born in 1961 in Moscow, Mikhail Shishkin is one of the most prominent names in contemporary Russian literature, and is the only author to have won all three major Russian Literary Prizes. He lives in Zurich.
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Andrew Bromfield
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Andrew Bromfield is a translator of Russian literary and cultural texts with more than forty years of experience. His numerous translations range from Leo Tolstoy and Mikhail Bulgakov to more modern authors such as Boris Akunin, Victor Pelevin, and Mikhail Shishkin. He currently works out of Bethesda, Maryland.
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