num_pages: 192
description: Nearly three decades after a young Russian soldier is reported killed in action during World War II, his fiancée clings to a vain belief that he has survived and steadfastly awaits his return, a situation that frustrates a Leningrad native who has fallen madly in love with the woman. By the author of Requiem for a Lost Empire.
language: English
title: The Woman Who Waited: A Novel
titlecomplete: The Woman Who Waited: A Novel
genres: France, Russia, Novels, Russian Literature, War, Romance, Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 1077
places: Mirnoe
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Scott Moncrieff Prize
category: Geoffrey Strachan
publisher: Arcade Publishing