Le Vin de solitude

By Irène Némirovsky

Subjects: Autobiographical fiction, Saint petersburg (russia), fiction, Fiction, general, Manners and customs, 1900-1999, Ukraine, fiction, Fiction, Social life and customs, Revenge, Fiction, biographical, Saint Petersburg (Russia) - Social life and customs - 20th century - Fiction, Mothers and daughters, Kiev (Ukraine) - Social life and customs - 20th century - Fiction

Description: Introspective, intense and poignant, The Wine of Solitude is the most autobiographical of all Irène Némirovsky's novels, now available in English for the first time. Imbued with melancholy, and regret, it explores the troubled relationship between a young girl, her distant, self-absorbed mother and her mother's lover, Max.