The Russian Album
Book Details
Author(s)Michael Ignatieff
PublisherPicador
ISBN / ASIN0312281838
ISBN-139780312281830
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank1,140,255
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Winner of the Royal Society of Literature Award
Ignatieff chronicles five generations of his Russian family, beginning in 1815. Drawing on family diaries, on the contemplation of intriguing photographs in an old family album, and on stories passed down from father to son, he comes to terms with the meaning of his family's memories and histories. Focusing on his grandparents, Count Paul Ignatieff and Princess Natasha Mestchersky, he recreates their lives before, during, and after the Russian Revolution.
Ignatieff chronicles five generations of his Russian family, beginning in 1815. Drawing on family diaries, on the contemplation of intriguing photographs in an old family album, and on stories passed down from father to son, he comes to terms with the meaning of his family's memories and histories. Focusing on his grandparents, Count Paul Ignatieff and Princess Natasha Mestchersky, he recreates their lives before, during, and after the Russian Revolution.
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