In a snowbound railway station deep in the Soviet Union, a stranded passenger comes across an old man playing the piano in the dark, silent tears rolling down his cheeks. Once on the train to Moscow he begins to tell his story: a tale of loss, love and survival that movingly illustrates the strength[...]

As a child, Elias Almeida loses both his parents during the Angolan uprising against colonial rule. As an adult and professional revolutionary, he bears witness to mankind at its pitiless worst. Yet he continues to believe in a better world and in the redeeming power of love - even though he cannot [...]

A deeply moving meditation on memory, history, love, and art by the author of "Dreams of My Russian Summers" In "The Life of an Unknown Man," Andrei Makine explores what truly matters in life through the prism of Russia's past and present. Shutov, a disenchanted writer, revisits St. Petersburg after[...]

Set in the Soviet Union from World War II until the early 1990s, " A Hero's Daughter" portrays the rise and decline of the Soviet Union through the story of Ivan Dimitrovich Davidov and his family. For his extraordinary bravery and courage beyond the call of duty at the Battle of Stalingrad, Ivan is[...]

Toisin kuin Andreï Makinen romaanit yleensä, Vain rakkaus ei sijoitu kauas Ranskan tai Venäjän historiaan. Se kurkottaa Angolaan, 1970-luvulle maan itsenäistymisen vuosiin sekä kylmän sodan jälkeiseen aikaan 25 vuotta myöhemmin. Angolan poliittisten vaiheiden myötä romaani kuljettaa lukij[...]