My Life as a Russian Novel A Memoir [Paperback]

From the master of psychological suspense and the author ofThe Adversarycomes a work of infinite sorrow, infernal jealousy, and violent passion (Le Monde). Set in Paris and Kotelnich, a small post-Soviet town,My Life as a Russian Noveltraces Carr?re's pursuit of two obsessionsthe disappearance of his Russian grandfather and his erotic fascination with a woman he loves but cannot keep from destroying. In prose that is elegant and passionate, Carr?re weaves the strands of his story into a travelogue of a journey inward. Road trip, confession, and erotic tour de forcethis fearless reckoning illuminates the schemes we devise to evade ourselves, and the inevitable payment they exact.

Emmanuel Carr?re, novelist, filmmaker, journalist, and biographer, is the award-winning internationally renowned author ofClass Trip,The Mustache, andThe Adversary, aNew York TimesNotable Book. Carr?re lives in Paris.

A captivating memoir that reads like a literary erotic-suspense novel. The Boston Globe

Carr?re brings the whole to sharp focus with a few jarring truths and a moment of great beauty. You leave its last pages with a deep appreciation for life. The Washington Post

An elegant, emotional self-examination, full of bleak but truthful insights about the lies and compromises of love. The Times (London)

Recalls Hitchcock and Calvino. Details

Brims with ideas and incidents...Gripping and fascinating, an intimate portrait of a complicated man's inner life and his struggles to find some kind of happiness and fulfillment. The Guardian (London)

Even by the high standards set by his earlier books, Emmanuel Carr?re'sMy Life as A Russian Novelis a masterpiece, a searingly candid, breathtakingly beautiful exploration of territories both far and near: Russia and France; the past and the present; brutality and love; the inscrutable desires of l#