Esta novela nos sitúa en los años cincuenta, poco antes de la muerte de Stalin, y nos traza al lienzo de una época, de un "tiempo irrazonable". ( )

A very uneven and difficult at times book -- like pretty much all of Aksyonov's work, even his most widely recognized best, it's still deeply enjoyable and memorable as an experience. It grew on me the second time around. Yes, as much as I was racing to get the dark and outright weird Part II done and over with, a week after I finished it I found myself missing the ironic and playful Part I. So I started listening to it a second time, and my rating went up by a full star. Yes, full disclosure: I am listening to the audiobook version, in Russian. The narrator is fairly brilliant compared to some of the other Russian narrators I have heard. ( )

Van Vasily Aksenov las ik in 1998 de roman Московская сага, die in het Nederlands verscheen onder de titel Generaties van de winter. Van die roman was ik erg onder de indruk. Toen ik afgelopen januari dit boek in een boekhandel in Moskou zag liggen, heb ik dan ook geen moment geaarzeld of ik dit boek zou kopen.

Lees verder op deze pagina van mijn boekenblog. ( )