![]() And yet it is charming and lively and, ultimately, worth the time. And yet, astonishingly, The Revolution of Marina M. Many books, especially those requiring 800 pages of time from their readers, would be undone by the absence of a clear purpose. On the other hand, were these outlandish events meant to convey the terror of revolution? Or were they the product of a restive writer searching for a way to end her story? The sexual enslavement of Marina, in particular, stood out as problematic and marked a change in the flow of the story. And that is what makes what happens to her over the course of the novel so disturbing. And yet, after spending so much time with her, a reader would be hard-pressed not to like her. Marina is an infuriating character in a lot of ways: She is entitled and self-absorbed, a terrible friend and the maker of many bad decisions. After the loves and betrayals of The Revolution of Marina M., young poet Marina Makarova finds herself pregnant and adrift amid the devastation of the Russian Civil War, forced to survive on her own resourcefulness. ![]() ![]() is a little bit silly, but it is also quite fun. In The Revolution of Marina M. And yet, despite its narcissistic heroine and its meandering story, Janet Fitch’s novel shimmers with vital energy. Janet Fitch has an uoutstanding ability to make the reader fall in love with words. is an often exasperating, strange story of a spoiled, entitled aristocratic girl coming of age during the Russian Revolution. ![]()
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