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2246900Deceithttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/deceit/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1871836/59462274-3a79-46da-bf40-4355cea28ae6.jpg?v=638342100659430000209271MXNAstra Publishing HouseInStock/Ebooks/<p>This is . . . real literature, pure and honest.<br />Vladimir Nabokov</p><p>"The scintillating English-language debut from Felsen . . . [is] a fittingly volatile record of ruinous desire.<br /><em>Publishers Weekly</em></p><p>Once considered the Russian Proust, Yuri Felsen tells the story of an obsessive love affair set in interwar Europe in <em>Deceit,</em> an experimental novel in the form of a diary that is an as-yet-undiscovered landmark of Russian émigré literature.</p><p>We meet our unnamed narrator in Paris in the 20s, where he finds himself an expat after the Russian Revolution. At a friends request he meets the beautiful, clever socialite Lyolya, also a recent exile from Russia. What begins as casual friendship quickly turns into fascination and obsession, as Lyolya gives mixed signals and pursues other men. Our narrator, emerging from a depression, is soon overwhelmed by the very idea of her, which begins to contour all of his observations, thoughts, and feelings. While Lyolya continues to live a life unencumbered by the forces of social convention, and history, our narrators revelations, written in diary form, grow increasingly painful, familiar, and rich with psychological introspection.</p><p>Quite unlike any other writer in the Russian canon, Felsen evokes in poetic and idiosyncratic prose not only the Zeitgeist of interwar Europe and his émigré milieu, but also the existential crisis of the age.</p>...2074461Deceit209271https://www.gandhi.com.mx/deceit/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1871836/59462274-3a79-46da-bf40-4355cea28ae6.jpg?v=638342100659430000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239781662601972_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_<p>This is real literature, pure and honest.<br />Vladimir Nabokov</p><p>Once considered the Russian Proust, Yuri Felsen tells of an obsessive love affair set in interwar Paris in <em>Deceit</em>, an experimental novel in the form of a diary.</p><p>Following the arrival of Bolshevism in his home country, our narrator finds himself living in exile, in Paris. When a Berlin-based friend and fellow Russian expat asks him to look out for her niece, the beautiful and clever socialite Lyolya Heard, he is initially hesitant, but intrigued by Lyolya and her well-established reputation. Over the course of the novel, this curiosity devolves into a lustful obsession, as the hot-and-cold Lyolya sends mixed signals while pursuing the many objects of her own affection, none of which seem to be our narrator. In rich and introspective prose, this novel in diary form speaks as truthfully about the timeless problem of unrequited love as it does about the fragile reality of daily life in interwar Europe.</p><p>Subtle and profound in its exploration of love, deceit and betrayal, Felsens novel is a daring and highly original work of psychological fiction. Originally published in 1930, Deceit was recently rediscovered in Russia after much of Yuri Felsens archive was destroyed by the Nazis.</p>(*_*)9781662601972_<p>This is . . . real literature, pure and honest.<br />Vladimir Nabokov</p><p>"The scintillating English-language debut from Felsen . . . [is] a fittingly volatile record of ruinous desire.<br /><em>Publishers Weekly</em></p><p>Once considered the Russian Proust, Yuri Felsen tells the story of an obsessive love affair set in interwar Europe in <em>Deceit,</em> an experimental novel in the form of a diary that is an as-yet-undiscovered landmark of Russian émigré literature.</p><p>We meet our unnamed narrator in Paris in the 20s, where he finds himself an expat after the Russian Revolution. At a friends request he meets the beautiful, clever socialite Lyolya, also a recent exile from Russia. What begins as casual friendship quickly turns into fascination and obsession, as Lyolya gives mixed signals and pursues other men. Our narrator, emerging from a depression, is soon overwhelmed by the very idea of her, which begins to contour all of his observations, thoughts, and feelings. While Lyolya continues to live a life unencumbered by the forces of social convention, and history, our narrators revelations, written in diary form, grow increasingly painful, familiar, and rich with psychological introspection.</p><p>Quite unlike any other writer in the Russian canon, Felsen evokes in poetic and idiosyncratic prose not only the Zeitgeist of interwar Europe and his émigré milieu, but also the existential crisis of the age.</p>...9781662601972_Astra Publishing Houselibro_electonico_d8e7c966-0645-3dcf-b972-d4ba5f9698a6_9781662601972;9781662601972_9781662601972Yuri FelsenInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/randomhousewh-epub-9839aa57-c389-4152-a761-f8defd224643.epub2023-02-07T00:00:00+00:00Astra Publishing House