Quaternity. Four Novellas from the Carpathians
Author | : Maria Rybakova |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2021-09-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783838215860 |
ISBN-13 | : 3838215869 |
Rating | : 4/5 (869 Downloads) |
Download or read book Quaternity. Four Novellas from the Carpathians written by Maria Rybakova and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four thematically linked novellas that focus on obsessive relationships, stolen identities, and illusions of grandeur in the post-1989 Carpathian-Balkan region: ● An American expat in Europe appropriates the identity of a Romanian orphan in her desperate search for love. ● A dictator's daughter learns, while on a study trip to France, that her parents have been overthrown and are about to be executed. ● A minor character from a novel confronts her own insignificance. A wife announces to her husband of forty years that she's just been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.