A creative evening meeting with a member of the French Academy, writer of Russian origin Andrei Makine
ANDREI MAKINE. Member of the French Academy Languages: Russian/French Free Registration Andrei Makine's new novel, “In the Captivity of Crimson Dreams”, traces half a century of history between the Soviet Union and France through the intense life story of Lucien Baer, a young French communist. Arriving in Moscow in 1939 to discover a paradise on earth, he encounters a starkly different reality from his "crimson dreams"—the brutality of Stalin's regime and the horrors of war. Yet, he also finds kindred spirits and the love of a woman, Darya, with whom he could rebuild [...]