{"product_id":"the-flight","title":"The Flight","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile summering on the French Riviera, the young Seryozha secretly becomes the lover of the much older Liza - who is also his father's mistress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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, Seryozha's father attempts to convince Liza to leave his son, for the sake of the boy's own happiness. She finally gives in - but a sudden, fatal catastrophe changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGazdanov's third novel is proof of his wide-ranging talents: originally written before his celebrated noir experiments\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectre of Alexander Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Buddha's Return\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Flight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eblends psychological drama, illicit romance and moments of both comedy and lyricism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a modernist take on the traditional Russian nineteenth-century realist novel epitomised by Tolstoy, and a devastating, sun-soaked romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Bryan Karetnyk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGaito Gazdanov (1903-1971) joined the White Army aged just sixteen and fought in the Russian Civil War. Exiled in Paris from the 1920s onwards, he earned a living as a nocturnal taxi-driver and quickly gained prominence on the literary scene as a novelist, essayist, critic and short-story writer, and was greatly admired by Maxim Gorky, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1805332090\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781805332091\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gaito Gazdanov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53568550830346,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/Screenshot2026-08-26at11.05.33.png?v=1787735657","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-flight","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}