Parisian Days

Resumen del libro

The Orient Express hurtles towards the promised land, and Banine is free for the first time in her life. She has fled her ruined homeland and unhappy forced marriage for a dazzling new future in Paris. Now she cuts her hair, wears short skirts, mingles with Russian emigres, Spanish artists, writers and bohemians in the 1920's beau monde - and even contemplates love.

But soon she finds that freedom brings its own complications. As her family's money runs out, she becomes a fashion model to survive. And when a glamorous figure from her past returns, life is thrown further into doubt.

Banine has always been swept along by the forces of history. Can she keep up with them now?Told with vivacious wit and a lust for life, this companion to Days in the Caucasus is a bittersweet portrayal of youthful dreams, and the elusive search for happiness.

Biografía del autor

Banine (Bakú, 1905-París, 1992) fue el seudónimo de la escritora Umm El-Banu Äsâdullayeva. Educada en el seno de una privilegiada familia de Azerbaiyán x{0026} x02014;entonces parte del Imperio rusox{0026} x02014;, se vio obligada a huir de su país tras el triunfo de la Revolución bolchevique. En París, mientras trabajaba como traductora, periodista y modelo de alta costura, pasó a formar parte del destacado círculo literario que incluía a figuras como Nikos Kazantzakis, André Malraux o Marina Tsvetáyeva. Ediciones Siruela ha publicado x{0026}lt;em Los días del Cáucaso x{0026}lt;/em (2020), primera entrega de su autobiografía.