Before My Time

Before My Time by Niccolo tucci. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780671071509.

The rich and complex saga of a wealthy Russian family at the turn of the century.Mr. Tucci performs something of a major tour de force. After a brilliant first chapter which pinpoints with deft if uncharitable wit its cast of characters, the book unfolds with almost Proustian involution. The vanished world of Tuccis family lives again in this book, intact in its baroque opulence.-New York Times Book Review The rich and complex saga of a wealthy Russian family at the turn of the century.Mr. Tucci performs something of a major tour de force. After a brilliant first chapter which pinpoints with deft if uncharitable wit its cast of characters, the book unfolds with almost Proustian involution. The vanished world of Tuccis family lives again in this book, intact in its baroque opulence.-New York Times Book Review