by Robert Littell · Éditions Baker Street · ISBN 9782757816417
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«L'hirondelle avant l'orage» is the novel by Robert Littell, published by Éditions Baker Street in paperback (407 pages, in French).
Robert Littell was inspired by an encounter he had in 1979 with Ossip Mandelstam's widow to recreate the mutual fascination between Stalin and the Russian poet. Mandelstam challenged the regime with his word and for that he suffered exile, poverty and repression.
Published in 2010, translated by Cécile Arnaud; the edition belongs to the Points collection.
For readers interested in Soviet history, in the relationship between power and literature and in the figure of Stalin.
Robert Littell is an American novelist and former journalist who resides in France. He specialises in spy novels that often concern the CIA and the Soviet Union.
