![]() ![]() It is truly jarring the turn the story takes when the reader is expecting certain situations to come full circle however, it seems the author has chosen to take a poetic exit instead. ![]() The ending leaves too many loose ends, which the prologue does little to improve. The finer details of the history, literature, politics, social structure, science, and even spiritualism are nothing short of brilliant. One may think a book of this size would indicate a sweeping saga-and it is considering the multitude of events and turmoil-but the timeline itself is short. With deft precision, the author weaves through three tumultuous years of Marina’s life, detailing her warring thoughts, feelings, and decisions. She is also in turns burdened and blessed with the friendship of a devout member of the Bolshevik party. On the cusp of womanhood, Marina falls in love with two vastly different men-one a childhood companion from her own social class, and the other a poverty-stricken poet and fervent revolutionary. Caught between two worlds, Marina is forced to face hardship, betrayal, and one tragedy after another as the Red Terror overtakes the country. While she dreams of life in cultured salons and dabbles in the political fervor spreading throughout Petrograd, unimaginable change is brewing. ![]() Marina Makarova is the privileged daughter of a bourgeois lawyer and socialite, and a gifted writer in her own right. The Russian Revolution of 1917 and its aftermath are explored in this lengthy, poetic novel by the author of White Oleander and Paint It Black. ![]()
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