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As Europe is sliding into the precipice of war, the undercover MI5
agent infiltrates the world of Art in Paris of 1911 to investigate
the grand theft of the century and to reveal potential danger to
the security of the nation. Crossing paths with Picasso, Ravel,
Modigliani and other celebrities of the Belle Epoque brings forth
their Muses, who happen to be the adventurous women from Russia.
Through the prism of their serendipitous encounters, woven in the
canvas of this book, the author presents a cross section of the
European history and culture, well spiced with romance and a
detective intrigue.
Agent Alpha, the MI5 operative, is involved in the investigation of
the suspected art forgery. His adversaries are doing all in their
power to eliminate him, but his extraordinary skills help him
overcome the obstacles. His romantic involvement with the young
medical doctor becomes the focal point of the story, that is full
of mystery and suspense.
This book introduces a collection of Fazil Iskander's poetry in
English. This selection of 70 poems of the master of Russian and
Abkhazian Literature Fazil Iskander,nominated for the Nobel Prize,
presents the poetry that is wise and beautiful in its philosophy.
It embraces poems by Fazil Iskander,written by him during the span
of time bridging the twentieth and twenty first century, from 1953
to 2013. They organically intertwine the intricate layers of
people's lives, their intriguing fates, interconnectedness and
cultural phenomena. In his poems, there is always an inner subtext
behind the exterior subject.This book of poetic translations also
contains an article on the art of Fazil Iskander by a historian
Roman Gosin, and an essay on Fazil Iskander's poetry, written by a
linguist Sophia Manukova, who made this first publication possible
by selecting and translating his poetry. Sophia Manukova is a
professor of English at the City College of San Francisco,
California.
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