The Aviator: From the award-winning author of Laurus

by Eugene Vodolazkin

Lisa C. Hayden (Translator)

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'THE MOST IMPORTANT LIVING RUSSIAN WRITER' New Yorker 

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.

  • ISBN10 1786072726
  • ISBN13 9781786072726
  • Publish Date 3 May 2018
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Oneworld Publications
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Pages 400
  • Language English