Book review – Russian fiction
Detective drama Dostoevsky-style
In the world of Gaito Gazdanov, a Russian émigré soldier turned taxi driver who began writing fiction in the 1920s,…
Tolstoy’s favourite novel is a guide to being idle
Oblomov, first published in 1859, is the charming tale of a lazy but lovable aristocrat in 19th-century Russia. The novel’s…
