On a crisp September morning, trouble comes to the Gorbatovs' farm.
Having fled revolution and civil war in Russia, the family has
worked tirelessly to establish themselves as crop farmers in
Provence, their hopes of returning home a distant dream. While
young Ilya Stepanovich is committed to this new way of life, his
step-brother Vasya looks only to the past. With the arrival of a
letter from Paris, a plot to lure Vasya back to Russia begins in
earnest, and Ilya must set out for the capital to try to preserve
his family's fragile stability. The first novel by the celebrated
Russian writer Nina Berberova, The Last and the First is an elegant
and devastating portrayal of the internal struggles of a generation
of emigres. Appearing for the first time in English in a stunning
translation by the prize-winning Marian Schwartz, it shows
Berberova in full command of her gifts as a writer of masterful
poise and psychological insight.
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