The Woman Who Waited

The Life of an Unknown Man

Author

Andreï Makine

Language

French

Year

2009

First Pub.

France

Genre

Novel

eastern europe

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The Life of an Unknown Man is a novel by the French-Russian writer Andreï Makine. It is about an exiled Russian writer in Paris who, when he is in his 50s, no longer considered interesting and left by his younger girlfriend, reassesses his life, future prospects and identity. The Guardian described the main character as "a warped mirror" of Makine, "what he might have been were he not successful".