{"product_id":"the-flight-pushkin-collection","title":"The Flight (Pushkin Collection)","description":"While summering on the French Riviera  the young Seryozha secretly becomes the lover of the much older Liza - who is also his fathers mistress. As autumn approaches  they reluctantly part: Liza to return to Paris  Seryozha to take up his studies at university in London. When he finds out about their affair  Seryozhas father attempts to convince Liza to leave his son  for the sake of the boys own happiness. She finally gives in - but a sudden  fatal catastrophe changes everything...  Gazdanovs second novel is proof of his wide-ranging talents: written before his celebrated noir experiments The Spectre of Alexander Wolf and The Buddhas Return  The Flight is a lyrical chamber play in prose. Mixing psychological drama  illicit romance and moments of both comedy and pathos  it is a modernist take on the traditional Russian nineteenth-century realist novel epitomised by Tolstoy - with distinct echoes of Thornton Wilders The Bridge of San Luis Rey.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44923644641333,"sku":"ByrdShop_1782271627","price":224.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_1782271627.jpg?v=1768646469","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-flight-pushkin-collection","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}