The fortunes of war
the Balkan trilogy
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Author
Publication
2009 - New York Review Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
231,000 words, Guess
Page Count
924 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781590173312
- ISBN-101590173317
- Library of Congress Control Number2009021404
- OCLC Control Number299708086
- Better World Books9781590173312
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL24060101M
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6063.A384 B27 2009
- LCCPR6063.A384 B27 2010
and 1 more
- LCCPR6063.A384B27 2009
Description
At the heart of the trilogy are newlyweds Guy and Harriet Pringle, who arrive in Bucharest{u2014}the so-called Paris of the East{u2014}in the fall of 1939, just weeks after the German invasion of Poland. Guy, an Englishman teaching at the university, is as wantonly gregarious as his wife is introverted, and Harriet is shocked to discover that she must share her adored husband with a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Other surprises follow: Romania joins the Axis, and before long German soldiers overrun the capital. The Pringles flee south to Greece, part of a group of refugees made up of White Russians, journalists, con artists, and dignitaries. In Athens, however, the couple will face a new challenge of their own, as great in its way as the still-expanding theater of war.
Subjects
Genres
- Fiction
Series Statement
- New York Review Books classics
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