"A quirky, ambitious book ... Eugene Vodolazkin succeeds gloriously." --Janet Fitch, LARB "In LAURUS, Vodolazkin aims directly at the heart of the Russian religious experience and perhaps even at that maddeningly elusive concept that is cherished to the point of cliche the Russian soul." -- Ken Kalfus in The New Yorker "Brilliant storytelling ... a uniquely lavish, multilayered work." --Booklist "LAURUS is without a doubt one of the most moving and mysterious books you will read in this or any other year." -- The...
"A quirky, ambitious book ... Eugene Vodolazkin succeeds gloriously." --Janet Fitch, LARB "In LAURUS, Vodolazkin aims directly a...