num_pages: 138
description: A novel about growing up in a small provincial Russian town on the Black Sea before and partly during World War II. The ambience is of a multi-ethnic (in the Russian provincial sense), close-knit working-class community, seen through the eyes of a bright, bookish child.
language: English
title: Old House Under the Cypress Tree
titlecomplete: Old House Under the Cypress Tree
genres: Russia, Russian Literature
ratings_count: 79
publisher: Faber and Faber