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The Faithful River (European Classics)
Stefan Zeromski
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Paperback. Translator(s): Johnston, Bill. Series: European classics. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 231.
Originally published in 1912, this lyrical novel is set in a manor house in central Poland during the January Uprising of 1863 to 1864, when a volunteer Polish army futilely fought the Russian occupation. A wounded soldier appears outside the house and is cared for by Salomea, the young ward of the absent owners, who has been left in the manor with an aged servant. As the two strive to conceal the soldier's presence during brutal and invasive visits by the Russians, Salomea finds herself falling in love with her patient.
Originally published in 1912, this lyrical novel is set in a manor house in central Poland during the January Uprising of 1863 to 1864, when a volunteer Polish army futilely fought the Russian occupation. A wounded soldier appears outside the house and is cared for by Salomea, the young ward of the absent owners, who has been left in the manor with an aged servant. As the two strive to conceal the soldier's presence during brutal and invasive visits by the Russians, Salomea finds herself falling in love with her patient.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Condition
New
Series
European classics
Number of Pages
179
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810115965
SKU
V9780810115965
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99-1
Reviews for The Faithful River (European Classics)
Their dramatic story is in itself enough to make the book a lasting pleasure. But Zeromski is also writing about a nation that hadn't actually existed since the previous century, and it is the complexity of his vision—of a Polish spirit without a Poland—that makes the novel a classic of European literature." —New Yorker