Solovyov and Larionov: From the award-winning author of Laurus

by EugeneVodolazkin (Author), LisaC.Hayden (Translator)

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  Hardcover
  2018

  $3.35

  Shortlisted for the Andrei Bely Prize and Russia's National Big Book Award

  When the young scholar Solovyov leaves his tiny village for St Petersburg to research his history thesis, he has no idea what to expect. His subject is the distinguished military commander General Larionov, who fought for the White Russians and should have died in the Civil War, but somehow survived the Red victory. Determined to find out how he evaded capture, Solovyov travels to Crimea, seeking out an array of characters who remember the general, and discovers along the way many surprises, not least the charming Zoya, who works at Yalta's Chekhov Museum.

  With wry humour and philosophical seriousness, award-winning author Eugene Vodolazkin once again takes readers on a journey through a fascinating period of Russian history. Interweaving the intriguing stories of two very different men, Vodolazkin moves deftly between historical battlefields and modern-day academia in his unique and celebrated narrative style.