{"product_id":"an-evening-with-claire-9781782276050","title":"An Evening with Claire","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe lyrical first novel of youth and love by acclaimed modernist master Gaito Gazdanov, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectre of Alexander Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo old friends meet nightly in Paris, trading conversational barbs and manoeuvring around submerged feelings. Throughout the ten years of their separation, thoughts of Claire lingered persistently in Kolya's mind. As the imagined romance finally becomes real, Kolya is thrown into recollections of formative moments from his youth in Russia, from his solitary early years through military school and service in the White Army in the Civil War, all leading to this union with Claire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first novel by the celebrated Russian master Gaito Gazdanov, \u003ci\u003eAn Evening with Claire\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical, finely crafted portrait of a lost innocence and a vanished era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782276050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Gaito Gazdanov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41071757951157,"sku":"9781782276050","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_98ce558e-6dcb-42f1-963e-0daf173808be.jpg?v=1632232749","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/an-evening-with-claire-9781782276050","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}