{"product_id":"2940170743926","title":"My Life as a Russian Novel: A Memoir","description":"In work after work, the critically acclaimed author Emmanuel Carrère has trained his unblinking gaze on the lives of others as they fight a losing battle with that most fearsome of adversaries-the self. Now, determined to escape the bleak visions of his narratives, he takes on a film project in the heart of Russia while also embarking on a new love affair back home in Paris. But soon enough, the diversion he seeks eludes him, intimacy proves too arduous, and Carrère is left peering into the dark mirror of his own life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in Paris and Kotelnich, a small post-Soviet town, \u003ci\u003eMy Life as a Russian Novel\u003c\/i\u003e traces Carrère's pursuit of two obsessions-the disappearance of his Russian grandfather and his erotic fascination with a woman he loves but cannot keep from destroying. In prose that is elegant and passionate, Carrère weaves the strands of his story into a travelogue of a journey inward. Road trip, confession, erotic tour de force-this fearless reckoning illuminates the schemes we devise to evade ourselves and the inevitable payment they exact.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100708192496,"sku":"2940170743926","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170743926_p0.jpg?v=1763716374","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170743926","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}