Monsieur Ka

Description

Product ID:	9781784704520
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Monsieur Ka
Authors:	Author: Vesna Goldsworthy
Page Count:	288
Subjects:	Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical romance, Historical fiction, Historical romance, Historical fiction
Description:	Select Guide Rating 'A beautiful haunting novel… looking at a familiar London through a frosty, snowy lens. Albertine, the wife of a British army officer often abroad on covert government business, finds herself increasingly lonely. Eager to distract herself with work, she takes a job as companion to the mysterious 'Monsieur Ka', a Russian émigré. ''A beautiful haunting novel… looking at a familiar London through a frosty, snowy lens. Wonderful'' Caryl Phillips The London winter of 1947 is as cold as St Petersburg during the Revolution. Albertine, the wife of a British army officer often abroad on covert government business, finds herself increasingly lonely. Eager to distract herself with work, she takes a job as companion to the mysterious ''Monsieur Ka'', a Russian émigré. 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.
Imprint Name:	Vintage
Publisher Name:	Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2019-02-21

Weight	204 g
Dimensions	173 × 170 × 18 mm