Solovyov and Larionov : From the Award-winning Author of Laurus

From the award-winning author of LaurusEugene Vodolazkin‘THE MOST IMPORTANT LIVING RUSSIAN WRITER’ – New Yorker A groundbreaking & gripping literary detective novel set in Soviet-era Russia, from the award-winning author of Laurus & The AviatorCan we ever really understand the present without first understanding the past?From the winner of the 2019 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Prize, & the author of the multi-award winning Laurus, comes a sweeping novel that takes readers on a fascinating journey through one of the most momentous periods in Russian history. What really happened to General Larionov of the Imperial Russian Army, who somehow avoided execution by the Bolsheviks? He lived out his long life in Yalta leaving behind a vast heritage of undiscovered memoirs. In modern day Russia, a young student is determined to find out the truth. Solovyov & Larionov is a ground-breaking & gripping literary detective novel from one of Russia’s greatest contemporary writers. °°°Eugene Vodolazkin was born in Kiev & has worked in the department of Old Russian Literature at Pushkin House since 1990. He is an expert in medieval Russian history & folklore. Solovyov & Larionov is his debut novel. Laurus (Oneworld, 2015), his second novel but the first to be translated into English, won the National Big Book Award & the Leo Tolstoy Yasnaya Polyana Award & has been translated into eighteen languages. His third novel, The Aviator (Oneworld, 2018), was shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize & the National Big Book Award. He lives in St. Petersburg. 'THE MOST IMPORTANT LIVING RUSSIAN WRITER' New Yorker A groundbreaking and gripping literary detective novel set in Soviet-era Russia, from the award-winning author of Laurus and The Aviator Can we ever really understand the present without first understanding the past? From the winner of the 2019 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Prize, and the author of the multi-award winning Laurus , comes a sweeping novel that takes readers on a fascinating journey through one of the most momentous periods in Russian history. What really happened to General Larionov of the Imperial Russian Army, who somehow avoided execution by the Bolsheviks? He lived out his long life in Yalta leaving behind a vast heritage of undiscovered memoirs. In modern day Russia, a young student is determined to find out the truth. Solovyov and Larionov is a ground-breaking and gripping literary detective novel from one of Russia's greatest contemporary writers. Solovyov, A Young Scholar Born Into Obscurity, Arrives In St Petersburg To Have His Thesis Topic Handed To Him: The Story Of General Larionov. Dismissive At First, His Subject Soon Intrigues The Young Scholar, Even Obsesses Him: This Is No Ordinary General. Not Only Did Larionov Fight For The Monarchist Whites During The Civil War, He Did So With Bloody Distinction. So How Did He Manage To Live Unharmed In The Soviet Union, On A Soviet Pension, Cutting An Imposing Figure On The Yalta Beaches, Leaving Behind A Son And A Volume Of Memoirs? The Budding Young Historian Sets Off To Crimea To Look For Some Lost Pages From The General's Diary, And On His Journey Discovers Many Surprises, Not Least The Charming Zoya, Who Works At Yalta's Chekhov Museum.--provided By Publisher. Eugene Vodolazkin ; Translated From The Russian By Lisa C. Hayden.

Shortlisted for the Andrei Bely Prize and Russia's National Big Book AwardInternational critical acclaim: Vodolazkin's Laurus (also published by Oneworld) received rave reviews from the Financial Times, Time Literary Supplement, Huffington Post and The New Yorker, among othersA major voice in Russian fiction