Over Christmas I read the novel The Monastery by Zakhar Prilepin, translated from the Russian by Nicholas Kotar. The book was written in 2014 and published in English last year. It is a long read, and at 750 pages, probably overlong. It is also rather a harrowing story since the book deals with a particularly […]
Category: Between Heaven and Earth
An epic story for today about fifteenth century Russia
A few weeks ago I read Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin. Originally published in Russia in 2012, the book was translated into English in 2015 and has been reprinted three times since then. Vodolazkin is a scholar who specialises in mediaeval Russian history and folklore and his background is reflected in the book. It tells […]