Description

Set in Paris and Kotelnich, a small post-Soviet town, ‘My Life as a Russian Novel’ traces Carr?re’s pursuit of two obsessions – the disappearance of his Russian grandfather and his erotic fascination with a woman he loves but cannot keep from destroying. In prose that is elegant and passionate, Carr?re weaves the strands of his story into a travelogue of a journey inward. Road trip, confession and erotic tour de force – this fearless reckoning illuminates the schemes we devise to evade ourselves and the inevitable payment they exact.