Vanessa Manko

The Invention of Exile (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bridgeport, Connecticut: 1913.

Austin Voronkov is a Russian immigrant working in a factory. When he falls in love with Julia the daughter of his landlady the American Dream feels within reach. But after he is wrongly accused of attending an anarchist gathering and is deported, that dream becomes a nightmare.

Spanning four decades and three continents, The Invention of Exile is the story of an epic love that is tested over and over again,but never broken. Stuck in a strange land, separated fromhis family and unable to see his children grow up, Austin becomesa pawn in the cat-and-mouse game of political antagonism betweenthe United States and the new Soviet Union. But with steadfastcourage and unwavering devotion, Julia finds a way to keeptheir love alive.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780745541
• Artikelnr.: 41459943

Autorenporträt

Vanessa Manko earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Hunter College where she received a Hertog Fellowship. Prior to writing, she trained in ballet at the North Caroline School of the Arts and danced with the Charleston Ballet Theatre. She then earned a BA in English Literature from the University of Connecticut and an MA from the New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. In addition to fiction, she writes about dance. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.