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First of a series of novels about Soviet Russia. The theme of improvisation, which I introduce here, reflected my own sense, still, that in writing a novel I was on a high wire and ready to fall off, since I didn't consider myself a traditional novelist, and still don't.Tags
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Terrific, unusual book, in three minds with at least three stories. The writing is delightful-fabulous.
ניסיון לא מוצלח לחזור על ההצלחה של המלון הלבן. הרבה פירוטכניקה אבל מקוטע וחסר מיקוד.
Dec 20, 2011Hebrew
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Writer and translator D. M. Thomas was born in Cornwall, England on January 27, 1935. He graduated with First Class Honours in English from New College, Oxford and became a teacher. In 1979, he became a full-time author and his best-known work is The White Hotel. His works also include memoirs, poetry and translations of Pushkin and Anna show more Akhmatova. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Ararat
- Original title
- Ararat
- Original publication date
- 1983
- First words
- Sergei Rozanov had made an unnecessary journey from Moscow to Gorky, simply in order to sleep with a young blind woman.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He would open the white book, pick up his pen; and, as madonnas and goddesses gazed down at him, he would go on with his long secret poem about Meyerhold and his wife Zinaida.
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- Engels
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