The Book of Happiness (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Nina Berberova
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The early 1900’s
- Setting: St. Petersburg, Russia; Paris, France
- Principal Characters: Vera, Sam Adler, Alexander Albertovich, Karelov
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Exile or expatriates, Paris, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: Paris, France, St. Petersburg, Russia
The work of Russian poet, novelist, biographer, and critic Nina Berberova is slowly becoming more well known in English language circles as a result of recent translations. Although she lived in the United States from 1950 until her death in 1993, the author was virtually unknown to Western readers until the English publication of The Accompanist (1988). The Tattered Cloak and Other Novels (1991) began to establish her reputation, and The Ladies of Petersburg, a collection of three novellas, received admiring reviews when published in the United States in 1998.
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