"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...

From award-winning author Eugene Vodolazkin comes this poignant story of memory, love and loss spanning twentieth-century Russia

A groundbreaking and gripping literary detective novel set in Soviet-era Russia, from the award-winning author of Laurus and The Aviator