Andreï Makine, Requiem pour l'Est [Requiem for the East]

Julie Hansen (Uppsala University)

Ed. by Neil Cornwell, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2000

Places

France (Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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Andreï Makine’s novel

Requiem pour l’Est

(2000) comprises the second part of what is referred to as his “French-Russian trilogy” (Nazarova 82). Geoffrey Strachan’s English translation from 2001 has been published under the titles

Requiem for a Lost Empire

(US edition) and

Requiem for the East

(UK edition).

Requiem pour l’Est is freestanding in relation to the other parts of the trilogy, Le testament français (1995, Dreams of My Russian Summers) and La terre et le ciel de Jacques Dorme (2003, The Earth and Sky of Jacques Dorme). Common to all three novels, however, are the overarching themes of twentieth-century Russian history, memory and the ability of narrative to evoke the past. The male protagonists, though not identical, have similar characteristics and backgrounds,

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Citation: Hansen, Julie. "Requiem pour l'Est". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 August 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=32150, accessed 26 April 2024.]

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