Description
A writer in the early 2000s sets out to make sense of his own life while filming in post-Soviet Russia, where a complicated love affair and a string of unsettling journeys to a bleak town begin to echo something older and darker. As he investigates the disappearance—and possible fate—of his Russian grandfather, the boundaries between memoir and invention blur, turning personal history into a living, shifting narrative. With Emmanuel Carrère’s signature blend of reportage, introspection, and literary daring, the book explores memory, identity, and the stories we tell to survive what we cannot fully know. Part investigation, part confession, it reads like a novel that keeps discovering it is also a life.
Available Editions
paperback
Metropolitan Books
Published Jan 1, 2010
288 pages
ISBN: 9780805087550
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Details
First Published
2010
Language
fra
Translation
From: fra
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for My Life as a Russian Novel by Emmanuel Carrère.