Memoirs' of a Muse

Tanya Is A Typical Teenager Living With Her Bookish Professor Mother In A Cramped Soviet Apartment. She Is Obsessed With Dostoyevksy And Noticing That He Always Portrays His Mistress And Muse In His Novels–Never His Wife–She Determines To Become A Companion To A Great Writer. Her Opportunity Comes When As A College Graduate Newly Emigrated To America She Attends A Manhattan Bookstore Reading By Mark Schneider A Significant New York Novelist. Tanya Quickly Moves In With Mark Ready To Dazzle In Bed To Serve And Inspire . . . If Only He Would Spend A Little More Time Writing. But As She Struggles To Better Understand Her Role As Muse Tanya Also Learns More Than She Expected About The Destiny She Has Imagined For Herself.. A Touching And Very Funny Novel In The Great Tradition Of Russian Realism Memoirs Of A Muse Is Also A Lively Meditation On The Mysteries And Absurdities Of Artistic Inspiration.