num_pages: 187
description: Set in Moscow in 1913, this novel concerns Frank Reid, whose wife suddenly leaves him without explanation to return to London. The author goes on to depict the Reid household, the expatriate community, Frank's colleagues, friends and children and the Russians with whom he comes into contact. This is set against the background of the life of the city itself, hardly aware of the upheaval about to break upon it. The author has also written "Innocence" and "Offshore".
language: English
title: The beginning of spring
titlecomplete: The beginning of spring
genres: Literature, British Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Russia, Novels, Historical, Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 2936
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Collins