First published 2016
In the tranquil Russian countryside, a middle-aged art historian named Arkady Nazarych rents a country house to recover from illness. There, he encounters a young woman named Vera, the daughter of his landlord. Arkady finds himself captivated by Vera's beauty and innocence, and as the summer days pass, his feelings deepen into a bittersweet infatuation. But Vera is promised to another man, and Arkady must grapple with the constraints of class, age, and propriety that threaten to tear them apart. A poignant exploration of the human heart's capacity for both love and loss.
Genres: fiction, romance, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 19th-century
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: forbidden-love, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Russia, Countryside
Period: 19th-century
102 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform