The wine of solitude

Description:

Introspective, intense and poignant, The Wine of Solitude is the most autobiographical of all Irène Némirovsky's novels, now available in English for the first time. Imbued with melancholy, and regret, it explores the troubled relationship between a young girl, her distant, self-absorbed mother and her mother's lover, Max.

subjects: Mothers and daughters,  Revenge,  Fiction,  Social life and customs,  Manners and customs,  1900-1999,  Autobiographical fiction,  Kiev (Ukraine) - Social life and customs - 20th century - Fiction,  Saint Petersburg (Russia) - Social life and customs - 20th century - Fiction,  Ukraine, fiction,  Saint petersburg (russia), fiction,  Fiction, biographical,  Fiction, general

Places: Ukraine,  Saint Petersburg,  Saint Petersburg (Russia),  Kyïv,  Russia (Federation),  Kyïv (Ukraine)

Times: 20th century