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What Happened To Anna K.
Irina Reyn
Exploring struggles of identity, fidelity, and community, What Happened to Anna K. is a remarkable retelling of the Anna Karenina story brought vividly to life by an exciting young writer.
Touchstone
August 2008
On Sale: August 12, 2008
256 pages ISBN: 1416558934 EAN: 9781416558934 Hardcover
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Fiction
A mesmerizing debut novel that reimagines Tolstoy's
classic tragedy, Anna Karenina, for our
time Vivacious thirty-seven-year-old Anna K. is
comfortably married to Alex, an older, prominent businessman
from her tight-knit Russian-Jewish immigrant community in
Queens. But a longing for freedom is reignited in this
bookish, overly romantic, and imperious woman when she meets
her cousin Katia Zavurov's boyfriend, an outsider and
aspiring young writer on whom she pins her hopes for escape.
As they begin a reckless affair, Anna enters into a tailspin
that alienates her from her husband, family, and entire
world. In nearby Rego Park's Bukharian-Jewish community,
twenty-seven-year-old pharmacist Lev Gavrilov harbors two
secret passions: French movies and the lovely Katia. Lev's
restless longing to test the boundaries of his sheltered
life powerfully collides with Anna's. But will Lev's quest
result in life's affirmation rather than its destruction?
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