Little Brown and Company
In the Red
In the Red
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A darkly erotic novel about a good girl gone bad.
When Irina -- Romanian by birth but brought up by American parents who have never understood her -- arrives at college she quickly abandons ordinary student life for an affair with an older, mysterious Romanian man named Andrei.
Andrei awakens a powerful sensuality in Irina. And he has money -- lots of it. For the first time, Irina feels free. But the longer she stays with Andrei, the more she is certain that she can't leave, and that may be complicit in Andrei's work -- whatever that "work" might be. Then an unexpected friendship with a young Russian bride opens the door to escape, and also revenge.
A tantalizing, edgy exploration of women and love, power and money -- interwoven with potent, unusual, and nervy Romanian fairy tales -- In the Red asks what the legacy of love is, and who will be left unscathed.
Author: Elena Mauli Shapiro
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 09/01/2014
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.75h x 5.71w x 0.99d
ISBN: 9780316405362
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2014
Booklist 10/01/2014 pg. 32
About the Author
Elena Shapiro was born and raised in Paris. She holds a BA in English from Stanford University, an MFA in fiction from Mills College, and an MA in comparative literature from the University of California, Davis. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband.
