Maylis De Kerangal

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EastboundPaperback, 7 February 2023

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Print Length
137 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Archipelago Books
Date Published
7 Feb 2023
ISBN-10
1953861504
ISBN-13
9781953861504

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In this gripping tale, a Russian conscript and a French woman cross paths on the Trans-Siberian railroad, each fleeing to the east for their own reasons

**Perfect for fans of Maggie Shipstead's Great Circle and The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
**

Eastbound is both an adventure story and a duet of two vibrant inner worlds.

In mysterious, winding sentences gorgeously translated by Jessica Moore, De Kerangal gives us the story of two unlikely souls entwined in a quest for freedom with a striking sense of tenderness, sharply contrasting the brutality of the surrounding world.

Racing toward Vladivostok, we meet the young Aliocha, packed onto a Trans-Siberian train with other Russian conscripts. Soon after boarding, he decides to desert and over a midnight smoke in a dark corridor of the train, he encounters an older French woman, Hélène, for whom he feels an uncanny trust.

A complicity quickly grows between the two when he manages to urgently ask--through a pantomime and basic Russian that Hélène must decipher--for her help to hide him. They hurry from the filth of his third-class carriage to Hélène's first-class sleeping car. Aliocha now a hunted deserter and Hélène his accomplice with her own inner landscape of recent memories to contend with.

Product Details

Author:
Maylis De Kerangal
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
CA
Date Published:
7 February 2023
Dimensions:
13.97 x 13.21 x 0.76 cm
ISBN-10:
1953861504
ISBN-13:
9781953861504
Language:
English
Pages:
137
Weight:
136.08 gm

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