Boarding-school Girl

Nadezhda Khvoshchinskaya (Author), Karen Rosneck (Other)

9780810117440

Paperback / softback, published 25 January 2000

192 pages
19.8 x 13.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.219 kg

[A] vigorous little bildungsroman whose reappearance is very welcome indeed." —Kirkus Reviews

"Veretitsyn leaps off the page and his passion for Sofya is palpable. Khvoshchinskaya's brief and vivid story is like a sharply composed snapshot. Here is a writer to learn more about." —Publishers Weekly

This tale of a young woman's not-so-sentimental education is the story of fifteen-year-old Lolenka, who encounters an exiled radical named Veretitsyn and begins to question her education and life. Under his influence, Lolenka breaks with tradition and embarks upon a new life as a translator and an artist, but a chance meeting with Veretitsyn years later leads to a sobering reappraisal of her mentor's convictions.