Andrei Kurkov (Ukraine)

Kyiv, 1919: A group of Red Army soldiers has vanished without a trace, right in the middle of the city, while visiting a banya. When Samson discovers human remains in the bathhouse furnace, he finds himself on the trail of a sinister conspiracy. In this third volume featuring the kind-hearted Samson and the clever Nadezhda, the author once again brings Kyiv in the early 1920s vividly to life through his art of absurd storytelling – full of political turmoil, eccentric characters and playful parallels with the present day. The works of the author, who has been awarded the Geschwister Scholl Prize and the Halldór Laxness International Literary Prize, have been translated into more than 30 languages.

Guests:
Andrei Kurkov (Ukraine)

Book:
Samson and Nadejda

Actor:
Ilinca Munteanu (Republic of Moldova)

Language:
English