Ninoçka

Year: 1939 Location: Paris Victim: A Russian immigrant named Nina Belskaya. A young woman known among Russian intellectuals in Paris for her rebelliousness and "rootlessness." Perpetrator: Unknown. Who killed Nina and why? Was she the victim of a political murder because of her ideas or a crime of passion because of her attractiveness?

Tanya, who immigrated to the US from Russia in the 1980s and is now a history graduate in New York, has been wondering about the answer to this question ever since she came across Nina Belskaya's name in a footnote. When she finally takes on the role of detective and goes to Paris to investigate the case, she sees that things are even more complicated than she thought. What is the connection between Nina's murder and the 1939 film Ninotchka, starring Greta Garbo? Who covered up this murder and why? In the midst of this investigation in which every answer raises a new question, Tanya also receives the news of the death of her grandmother in Russia and travels to her hometown, where she has not set foot for years; in addition to witnessing the transformation of the country that has abolished communism and embraced capitalism, she also learns surprising information about the murder of Nina Belskaya.

Ninochka is a novel that both subtly mocks the detective novel tradition and contains a masterful use of this tradition; dwells on concepts such as exile, nostalgia, generational and cultural conflict; a delightful, enjoyable book that winks at the reader with its playful style.



Number of Pages: 328

Year of Publication: 2012


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Metis Publishing

Year of First Publication: 2012

Number of Pages: 328

Language: Turkish