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02222aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 E50D59F49AD011E8AB5A4B6797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180808010347 008 180208s2018 enk 000 1 eng 020 $a 1784741183 020 $a 9781784741181 035 $a (OCoLC)1022190685 040 $a AU@ $b eng $e rda $c AU@ $d OCLCO $d NZAUC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCL $d LTSCA $d HLS $d NZHWP $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 050 4 $a PR6107.O44 $b M66 2018 082 04 $a 823.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Goldsworthy, Vesna, $e author. 245 10 $a Monsieur Ka / $c Vesna Goldsworthy. 264 1 $a London : $b Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Vintage, $c 2018. 300 $a ix, 274 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a 'Without quite realizing that I would do it until it happened, I raised myself on my toes and kissed his frozen cheek. In Paris, it would have been an unremarkable gesture. In Alexandria, an invitation. I still had no idea about London.' The London winter of 1947. As cold as St Petersburg during the Revolution. The Karenins keep their vodka under the layers of snow in their suburban garden, in bottles entombed like their Russian past. But when a young Frenchwoman arrives to work as a companion to the aged 'Monsieur Ka' he begins to tell his story... Albertine is the wife of a British army officer who is often abroad on covert government business. Lonely, yet eager to work, she begins to write Monsieur Ka's life story as a secret gift to him, and even learns his mother tongue. To her ear it is like 'the sound of falling snow'. As she is drawn into Ka's dramatic past, her own life is shaken to its foundations. For in this family of former princes, there are present temptations which could profoundly affect her future. 650 0 $a Reminiscing in old age $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Russians $z London $z London $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Biographers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Caregivers $v Fiction. 651 0 $a London (England) $x History $y 20th century $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Domestic fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20180808013306.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E50D59F49AD011E8AB5A4B6797128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search