Tatiana and The Russian Wolves by Stephen Evans Jordan

Not only does he become involved in the affairs of a troubled British secretary named Philippa Tate-Palmer, but aspects of his family’s life in Europe come to haunt him as well. Drew contracts the disease and is adamant that Alexander take over his art-dealing business after he dies. But it is the mid-’80s, and the AIDS epidemic is in full force. Despite such a dark family history, Alexander finds his career as a banker going well.

Tragically, Alexander’s father died when the boy was only 17 years old, and his mother eventually committed suicide. Alexander even developed a relationship with Fiona’s son, Drew Faircloth. His life in America was aided greatly by his mother’s wealthy friend Fiona Sinclair. Alexander is of Russian descent, though he was born in France and raised in California. Tatiana has received the Finalist award in the 2019 Wishing Shelf Book Awards in England also a Finalist in the Independent Author Network (IAN) 2020 Book of the Year Awards for “First Novel with over 80,000 Words.” “Jordan’s book shines … the narrative should leave readers curious about the fates of the people Alexander meets on his serpentine journey.A debut novel set in the 1980s follows a young banker.Īlexander Andreivich Romanovsky is the vice president and Eastern European area manager at Universal Bank, based in San Francisco. Stephen’s first novel, Tatiana and the Russian Wolves, is the psychological journey of a young Russian émigré as he reconciles his guilt and dishonesty with his mother’s troubled past and suicide. Other stories have appeared in East Lit, an online journal. “Snake Charmed” appeared in Gem Street, an anthology of short stories published in Ireland. Inspired by Paul Theroux’s Asian collection, The Counsel’s File, Stephen has written a collection of short stories centered in Southeast Asia he won an award from Negative Capability for “Prince Charles and the Texans,” set in Singapore. He describes Chicago as the most dangerous, Singapore the cleanest.ĭespite his initial misgivings, Stephen found living in Asia fascinating, frustrating, and life threatening at times. His banking career involved assignments in San Francisco, Jakarta, Singapore, Chicago, London, and Tanzania. Speaking good Spanish at the time, he was bewildered-but not entirely surprised-when he was assigned to the Asia Division and later transferred to Indonesia. But practicality prevailed, and he opted for business school and joined Bank of America’s International Department. While at Stanford, Stephen discovered art history and considered a career in the arts. Of his parents’ gifts, love of literature is his most cherished. He grew up in California’s Napa Valley in the 1950s in a family of readers-dinner-table conversations often centered on books. Stephen Jordan’s fiction is often inspired from living and working overseas combined with a passion for history.

Tatiana and The Russian Wolves by Stephen Evans Jordan