Anastasia

The first wave of Russian emigration…

The pain of parting with Russia and the resulting nostalgia. But besides nostalgia, the heroes of this book also ache for an ideal love and an ideal woman. What is she like? An ideal woman emerged from the dark depths of vice and, like punishment—or maybe a reward—appeared as the dazzling red-haired Lilith.

1928. Paris.

Two young Russian emigrants take a tour around Montmartre. There they meet an artist, Count Guriyev. During a leisurely conversation in a small Parisian tavern, the Russian count tells his two companions a mysterious story of his fateful love and passion—one that began in pre-revolutionary, snowy Russia and continued in France. Count Guriyev’s story is filled with mystical secrets, romantic anguish, and explicit Eros.