- Hardcover: 376 pages
- Publisher: ATHENEUM PUBLISHERS; [1st American ed.] edition (1969)
- ISBN-10: 129938160X
- ISBN-13: 978-1299381605
- ASIN: B0006BVXU4
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,506,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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This book will make you desparately want to go to Russia. Its a bit heavy going at times, but well worth plodding through.
Basically it is the story of a young English girl who becomes obsessed with Russia through hearing the stories told to her by 'The Traveller'. She then spends her life trying to get to Russia and particularly Siberia.
Basically it is the story of a young English girl who becomes obsessed with Russia through hearing the stories told to her by 'The Traveller'. She then spends her life trying to get to Russia and particularly Siberia.
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"So great a lover"
23 Aug 2005
Format:Paperback
Like Rupert Brooke, Blanch has spent her long life loving an extraordinary number of people, places, & things, but her greatest passion is for The Traveler, her mentor & lover, and Russia. From her sedate pre-WW I nursery onwards, The Traveler brings an air of Siberia to quiet London. Perhaps a former suitor of her mother's, he delicately seduces Blanch with visions of wolves and Easter, church bells and crisp snow, icons and fire-light. They consummate their affair when she is 17. But there is nothing of tawdiness, exploitation, or abuse in all this; it's a great romance told ruefully, with humor and delight. Her Traveler expands her horizons forever, and teaches her a tremendous capacity for love. Centering the memoir is a journey on the Siberian train in the 1960s, long after his disappearance. She is seeking their Russia, long gone, and some trace of him. Though she fails, it's a lovely read.
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