Billancourt Tales: Stories

by Nina Berberova

Book Overview

Now added to the quartet of books by Nina Berberova that New Directions has presented for the delight of American readers is this delectable baker's dozen Billancourt Tales. These are thirteen stories (Berberova called them "Fiestas") chosen from those she wrote in Paris between 1928 and 1940 for the emigre newspaper The Latest News. In her preface Berberova mentions how she found what to write about through her discovery of Billancourt, a highly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811214818
• ISBN13: 9780811214810
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.3"