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Eastbound by Maylis De Kerangal
In this gripping tale, a Russian conscript and a French woman cross paths on the Trans-Siberian railroad, each fleeing to the east for their own reasons Perfect for fans of Maggie Shipstead's Great Circle and The Lincoln Highway by Amor TowlesEastbound is both an adventure story and a duet of two vibrant inner worlds. In mysterious, winding sentences gorgeously translated by Jessica Moore, De Kerangal gives us the story of two unlikely souls entwined in a quest for freedom with a striking sense of tenderness, sharply contrasting the brutality of the surrounding world. Racing toward Vladivostok, we meet the young Aliocha, packed onto a Trans-Siberian train with other Russian conscripts. Soon after boarding, he decides to desert and over a midnight smoke in a dark corridor of the train, he encounters an older French woman, H l ne, for whom he feels an uncanny trust. A complicity quickly grows between the two when he manages to urgently ask--through a pantomime and basic Russian that H l ne must decipher--for her help to hide him. They hurry from the filth of his third-class carriage to H l ne's first-class sleeping car. Aliocha now a hunted deserter and H l ne his accomplice with her own inner landscape of recent memories to contend with.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781953861504 |
| ISBN 10 | 1953861504 |
| Title | Eastbound |
| Author | Maylis De Kerangal |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Archipelago Books |
| Year published | 2023-02-07 |
| Number of pages | 137 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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