by Andreï Makine · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020637435
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«La femme qui attendait» is the novel by Andreï Makine published in hardback by Seuil, with 213 pages, in French.
In Mirnoïé, a village on the shores of the White Sea, Véra has been waiting for Koptev for three decades; no one believes in his return anymore, but she remains steadfast like a Penelope. A young writer from Leningrad notices this woman and tries to understand a soul that seems to live between madness and absolute purity.
Geoffrey Strachan was nominated for the Scott Moncrieff Prize in 2007 for this work. The book falls within the genres of contemporary fiction and historical fiction.
It will appeal to readers of contemporary narrative and intimate stories about waiting and memory, with a protagonist in a rural Russian setting.
Andreï Yaroslavovich Makine is a French novelist. He also publishes under the pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde. Makine's novels include Dreams of My Russian Summers (1995) which won two top French awards, the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis. He was elected to seat 5 of the Académie Française on 3 March 2016, succeeding Assia Djebar.
