by Andreï Makine · Seuil - Le Grand Livre du Mois · tapa dura · ISBN 9782702892831
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«La femme qui attendait» is the romantic novel by Andréï Makine, published by Seuil - Le Grand Livre du Mois in hardback, with 213 pages, in French.
In the Russian village of Mirnoje, Vera has been waiting for almost three decades for Boris, the man who left for the Second World War. A young man from Leningrad arrives in the village, becomes fascinated by this woman's story and falls in love with her, though he must compete with a love that refuses to disappear.
It was first published in 2004. The action takes place in the 1970s in Mirnoje, on the shores of the White Sea, in the Soviet Union.
For readers of romantic and historical novels seeking a rural Russian setting and a love story marked by war.
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.
