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Parisian Days
The Rediscovered Classic Memoir
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Brief Description
The Orient Express hurtles towards the promised land, and Banine is free for the first time in her life. She has fled her ruined homeland and unhappy forced marriage for a dazzling new future in Paris. Now she cuts her hair, wears short skirts, and mingles...
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A brilliantly witty memoir telling the story of a young woman's determined struggle for freedom
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Description
The Orient Express hurtles towards the promised land, and Banine is free for the first time in her life. She has fled her ruined homeland and unhappy forced marriage for a dazzling new future in Paris. Now she cuts her hair, wears short skirts, and mingles with Russian émigrés, Spanish artists, writers, and bohemians in the 1920s beau monde—and even contemplates love.
But soon she finds that freedom brings its own complications. As her family's money runs out, she becomes a fashion model to survive. And when a glamorous figure from her past returns, life is thrown further into doubt. Banine has always been swept along by the forces of history. Can she keep up with them now?
Told with vivacious wit and a lust for life, this companion to Days in the Caucasus is a bittersweet portrayal of youthful dreams and the elusive search for happiness.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781782278030
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 January 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pushkin Press Classics
Contributors:
- Translated by Anne Thompson-Ahmadova
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 256
About the Author
BANINE (1905-1992) was born Umm El-Banu Assadullayeva, into a wealthy family in Baku, then part of the Russian Empire. Following the Russian Revolution and the subsequent fall of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Banine was forced to flee her home country-first to Istanbul, and then to Paris. In Paris she formed a wide circle of literary acquaintances including Nicos Kazantzakis, Andre Malraux, Ivan Bunin and Teffi and eventually began writing herself. Parisian Days continues the story that began with Days in the Caucasus, which is also available from Pushkin Press.
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