A superb early postmodern classic by one of Nabokov's fellow emigre writers, rediscovered after more than half a century"A masterpiece of modern literature" Die Zeit"If Proust had been a Russian taxi
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 re
Drawing together episodes of rich atmosphere, this novel is as deep and brooding as the Paris nights that serve as its backdrop. Russian writer Gaito Gazdanov arrived in Paris, as so many did, betwee
