Eugene

Shortlisted for the Andrei Bely Prize and Russia's National Big Book Award Larionov. A general of the Imperial Russian Army who mysteriously avoided execution by the Bolsheviks when they swept to power and went on to live a long life in Yalta, leaving behind a vast heritage of memoirs. Solovyov. The young history student who travels to Crimea, determined to find out how Larionov evaded capture after the 1917 revolution. With wry humour, Eugene Vodolazkin, one of Russia's foremost contemporary writers, takes readers on a fascinating journey through a momentous period of Russian history, interweaving the intriguing story of two men from very different backgrounds that ultimately asks whether we can really understand the present without first understanding the past.

MY HEAD SPINS. I'M LYING IN A BED. WHERE AM I? WHO AM I? A man wakes up in hospital. He has no idea who he is or how he came to be there. The doctor tells him his name, but he doesn't remember it. He remembers nothing. As memories slowly resurface, he begins to build a picture of his former life. Russia in the early twentieth century, the turbulence of the revolution, the aftermath. But how can this be possible when the pills beside his bed are dated 1999? In the deft hands of Eugene Vodolazkin, author of the multi award-winning Laurus, The Aviator paints a vivid, panoramic picture of life in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century, richly evoking the sights, sounds and political turmoil of those days. Reminiscent of the great works of Russian literature, and shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize, it cements Vodolazkin's position as the rising star of Russia's literary scene.

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.

From award-winning author Eugene Vodolazkin comes this poignant story of memory, love and loss spanning twentieth-century Russia A man wakes up in a hospital bed, with no idea who he is or how he came to be there. The only information the doctor shares with him is his name: Innokenty Petrovich Platonov. As memories slowly resurface, Innokenty begins to build a vivid picture of his former life as a young man in Russia in the early twentieth century, living through the turbulence of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. Soon, only one question remains: how can he remember the start of the twentieth century, when the pills by his bedside were made in 1999? Reminiscent of the great works of twentieth-century Russian literature, with nods to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and Bulgakov's The White Guard, The Aviator cements Vodolazkin's position as the rising star of Russia's literary scene.

Nový román od autora bestselleru Laurus, jenž získal ceny Big Book a Jasná Poljana a byl finalistou Russian Booker. Podle časopisů Forbes a Meduzy nejočekávanější ruský román roku 2016. Obrázek na přebalu je od kultovního umělce Michaila Shemyakina, který byl vytvořen speciálně pro tuto knihu. Evgenij Vodolazkin, spisovatel a učenec. Autor bestselleru Laurus a jemné historické fikce Solovjov a Larionov. V Rusku je nazýván „ruským Umbertem Ecem" a v Americe, po vydání Laurusu v angličtině - „ruským Marquézem." Jeho knihy byly přeloženy do mnoha jazyků. Hrdinou nového románu Letec je člověk, o němž se dá říci, že je tabula rasa: jednoho dne se probudí na nemocničním lůžku a jediné, co ví, je fakt, že nic neví – ani jméno ani kým je nebo kde byl. Doufá, že historii svého života obnoví tím, že si začne nahrávat kusé vzpomínky, které se mu začínají zobrazovat: St. Petersburg na počátku dvacátého století, dětství na předměstí v Siverskom a Aluště, vysoká škola, první lásky, revoluce z roku 1917, láska k letectví, Solovki... Ale jaktože si vybavuje přesné detaily každodenního života, fráze, vůně a zvuky tak dávné doby, když se píše rok 1999?