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Title: Despite the Falling Snow
Author: Shamim Sarif
Narrator: Shamim Sarif
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-23-16
Publisher: Enlightenment Press
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Now a major motion picture.
After an early career amongst the political elite of Cold War Russia, Alexander Ivanov has lived in America for 40 years and has managed to bury the tragic memories surrounding his charismatic late wife, Katya - or so he believes.
For into his life come two women - one who will start to open up the heart he has protected for so long; another who is determined to uncover the truth about what really happened to Katya all those years ago. The audiobook's journey back to the snowbound streets of post-Stalinist Moscow reveals a precarious, dangerous world of secrets and treachery.
Critic Reviews:
"Despite the Falling Snow by Shamim Sarif, one of our most outstanding young novelists, is my novel of the year: its delicate artistry and immense compass reaches back to the labyrinthine heart of Soviet Russia." (Stevie Davies, The Independent)
Members Reviews:
Enjoyable love and spy story!
This has been such a great book to read. I practically read it in one sitting. The backdrop for this story is the 1950's Russia. It gives us a good idea of what living in a totalitarian state was like. And it even comes short to what it truly was like I assume. It's full of suspense, and you put together the puzzle with every other chapter.
The pace is right on, the travel in time back and forth works nicely for the story, and the story is really good. I could really connect with the main characters emotionally and intellectually. It is a beautiful love story from cover to cover, with a spy agenda of course. It's an interesting ride through the twisted and pleasurable roads of love, with some detours into less pleasurable emotions such as hate, guilt, and betrayal, as well as a glimpse into relationships in general.
It's great to see what this man, Alexander, makes out of his life even as an older man, despite of his losses and pain. And Katya, whom the whole story revolves around, is truly an intriguing character. She's seductive, secretive and mysterious, and yet very human. I loved it!
This is a perfectly balanced novel of love and tragedy
This is a perfectly balanced novel of love and tragedy, moving back and forth between Boston in 2000 and Moscow in the late 1950's, while Cold War was taking place. It gives us a good idea of what living in a totalitarian state was like.
The main focus is Soviet Russia of the mid 1950's and the mystery of what happened to a woman, Katya, trying to defect to the US. Set against this is the story of her husband, Alexander, now a successful businessman in present day Boston, who has never known the exact fate of the wife he left behind in the USSR and finally is confronting the past.
The characters are well written and convincing, and the whole thing holds together very well. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good love story mixed with politics.
I love the way Shamim writes, how she describes every emotion and characterizes a character, who live in your mind.
It is impossible not to feel anything while reading this book.
Three stories intertwined.
I was wrapped up in this story immediately. It unfolds slowly and methodically and with such grace and beauty. I highly recommend that you read it for yourself.
Takes a bit of time to sink into...
A great read and not what you think it's going to be when you first get started. This is a book I started, then set aside for a couple of months before getting back into it.
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Title: Despite the Falling Snow
Author: Shamim Sarif
Narrator: Shamim Sarif
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-23-16
Publisher: Enlightenment Press
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Now a major motion picture.
After an early career amongst the political elite of Cold War Russia, Alexander Ivanov has lived in America for 40 years and has managed to bury the tragic memories surrounding his charismatic late wife, Katya - or so he believes.
For into his life come two women - one who will start to open up the heart he has protected for so long; another who is determined to uncover the truth about what really happened to Katya all those years ago. The audiobook's journey back to the snowbound streets of post-Stalinist Moscow reveals a precarious, dangerous world of secrets and treachery.
Critic Reviews:
"Despite the Falling Snow by Shamim Sarif, one of our most outstanding young novelists, is my novel of the year: its delicate artistry and immense compass reaches back to the labyrinthine heart of Soviet Russia." (Stevie Davies, The Independent)
Members Reviews:
Enjoyable love and spy story!
This has been such a great book to read. I practically read it in one sitting. The backdrop for this story is the 1950's Russia. It gives us a good idea of what living in a totalitarian state was like. And it even comes short to what it truly was like I assume. It's full of suspense, and you put together the puzzle with every other chapter.
The pace is right on, the travel in time back and forth works nicely for the story, and the story is really good. I could really connect with the main characters emotionally and intellectually. It is a beautiful love story from cover to cover, with a spy agenda of course. It's an interesting ride through the twisted and pleasurable roads of love, with some detours into less pleasurable emotions such as hate, guilt, and betrayal, as well as a glimpse into relationships in general.
It's great to see what this man, Alexander, makes out of his life even as an older man, despite of his losses and pain. And Katya, whom the whole story revolves around, is truly an intriguing character. She's seductive, secretive and mysterious, and yet very human. I loved it!
This is a perfectly balanced novel of love and tragedy
This is a perfectly balanced novel of love and tragedy, moving back and forth between Boston in 2000 and Moscow in the late 1950's, while Cold War was taking place. It gives us a good idea of what living in a totalitarian state was like.
The main focus is Soviet Russia of the mid 1950's and the mystery of what happened to a woman, Katya, trying to defect to the US. Set against this is the story of her husband, Alexander, now a successful businessman in present day Boston, who has never known the exact fate of the wife he left behind in the USSR and finally is confronting the past.
The characters are well written and convincing, and the whole thing holds together very well. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good love story mixed with politics.
I love the way Shamim writes, how she describes every emotion and characterizes a character, who live in your mind.
It is impossible not to feel anything while reading this book.
Three stories intertwined.
I was wrapped up in this story immediately. It unfolds slowly and methodically and with such grace and beauty. I highly recommend that you read it for yourself.
Takes a bit of time to sink into...
A great read and not what you think it's going to be when you first get started. This is a book I started, then set aside for a couple of months before getting back into it.