Mariann sin blogg

Earlier this year I was so lucky as to be invited to a library event in Moscow. I got invited on a very short notice, and there was quite a few practical arrangements that needed to be taken care of, most importantly the visa. But there is more to life than practical matters, so before I left, I decided to prepare myself for Russia, by reading a Russian novel. A colleague of mine suggested I read something more modern than the usual classics, so I downloaded a novel by Andrey Kurkov to my beloved Kindle. It turned out Kurkov is apparently a Ukranian author who writes in Russian! In the light of political events over there these days, some will probably claim I made a deadly mistake there! That's not really important in this connection, however. The book turned out to be well written (translated) and very entertaining. I finished the book before my 3 day stay in Moscow was over, in spite of a full programme of library and touristy events. It is the kind of book that makes you feel...