The Flight

While summering on the French Riviera, the young Seryozha secretly becomes the lover of the much older Liza — who is also his father's mistress. As 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...

• Author
• Gaito Gazdanov, Bryan Karetnyk

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 224

• Publisher
• Pushkin Collection

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781782271628

• Genres
• russia, literature, fiction, novels

• Release date
• 2016