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4 16 y separately published work icon Twilight of Love : Travels with Turgenev Robert Dessaix , Washington DC : Shoemaker and Hoard , 2005 Z1137193 2004 single work prose travel Dessaix explores the life of Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev, particularly his relationship with the opera singer Pauline Viardot and her husband. Intrinsic to this exploration is Dessaix's journey to each of the houses where Turgenev and the Viardots lived. Within the narrative Dessaix intersperses his own reflections on the nature and meaning of life, including his understanding of the soul.
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