In 1905, a girl sets off to cross the river on her father's estate in Russia. In 1989, an old woman comes home to Moscow after years in exile. These two moments frame the story of Asya and the love that haunts her through revolution, war and exile. The author also wrote The Russian Album.
- ISBN10 0701135093
- ISBN13 9780701135096
- Publish Date 28 February 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 April 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Chatto & Windus
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 309
- Language English