{"product_id":"twilight-of-love-travels-with-turgenev-paperback","title":"Twilight of Love: Travels With Turgenev - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Dessaix\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Margaret Scott Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor forty years, until the day he died, Ivan Turgenev, one of the greatest novelists of Russia's Golden Age, was passionately devoted to the diva Pauline Viardot. He followed her and her husband around Europe, even living with them amicably at times as part of their household. Yet as far as we know, the relationship with Pauline was chaste. What then did Turgenev mean by 'love', the word at the core of his life and work?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a remarkable work of memoir, literary biography and travel writing, Robert Dessaix has found the pulse that still quickened Turgenev's age, but has failed in ours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eTwilight of Love\u003c\/em\u003e by Robert Dessaix\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The most inventive portrait of a writer's life and legacy since \u003cem\u003eFlaubert's Parrot\u003c\/em\u003e.' \u003cem\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A marvellous and unusual book.' \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781055054112,"sku":"9781925143980","price":31.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/654fef3d218a2ebaa017fb31664f84ce.webp?v=1780542111","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/twilight-of-love-travels-with-turgenev-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}