Brief Loves That Live Forever

About the Author

ANDREÏ MAKINE was born in Siberia in 1957 and has lived in France since 1987. His fourth novel, Dreams of My Russian Summers (Le testament français), won both of France’s top literary prizes, the Prix Goncourt and Prix Médicis. His work has been translated into more than forty languages. Makine’s most recent novels, The Life of an Unknown Man, Brief Loves That Live Forever, and A Woman Loved are all available from Graywolf Press.

GEOFFREY STRACHAN was awarded the Scott Moncrieff Prize in 1998 for his translation of Le testament français. He has translated all of Andreï Makine’s novels for publication in Britain and the United States.