The Book of Anna

Saint Petersburg, 1905. Behind the gates of the Karenin Palace, Sergei, son of Anna Karenina, meets Tolstoy in his dreams and finds reminders of his mother everywhere: the vivid portrait that the tsar intends to acquire and the opium-infused manuscripts Anna wrote just before her death, which open a trapdoor to a wild feminist fairy tale. Across the city, Clementine, an anarchist seamstress, and Father Gapon, the charismatic leader of the proletariat, plan protests that embroil the downstairs members of the Karenin household in their plots and tip the country ever closer to revolution. Boullosa tells a polyphonic and subversive tale of the Russian revolution through the lens of Tolstoy's most beloved work.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Published: 04/14/2020
ISBN: 9781566895774
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/13/2020
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2020
Booklist 04/01/2020 pg. 29