Children's Book

From the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel «Possession» and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire — a similarly large-scale work, a chronicle of the lives of several families at the turn of the century. In... this multilayered work, life is reproduced with incredible meticulousness, a life that will be overshadowed by the First World War. Similar to Proust in his epic «In Search of Lost Time» or Galsworthy in «The Forsyte Saga», Bayett astonishingly details the time that has been lost forever: both the costumed celebration at the estate, the World Exhibition in Paris, the secrets of applied arts, and the complex turns of romantic relationships…

Author: БАЙЕТТ А.С.

Printhouse: Azbuka

Series: The Great Novel

Age restrictions: 18+

Year of publication: 2024

ISBN: 9785389244832

Number of pages: 832

Size: 60х88/16 шитая mm

Cover type: Твердый переплет

Weight: 930 g

ID: 1647234

From the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel «Possession» and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire — a similarly large-scale work, a chronicle of the lives of several families at the turn of the century. In this multilayered work, life is reproduced with incredible meticulousness, a life that will be overshadowed by the First World War. Similar to Proust in his epic «In Search of Lost Time» or Galsworthy in «The Forsyte Saga», Bayett astonishingly details the time that has been lost forever: both the costumed celebration at the estate, the World Exhibition in Paris, the secrets of applied arts, and the complex turns of romantic relationships…