Read the first three paragraphs of your post and stopped for fear of spoilers. And went to my shelves to get my unread copy... and am now cross because I’d misremembered. I have a collection of three short stories - A Glimpse of Simon’s Glory - and the novel Winter Journey. High time I read them, it seems...
Ah. Winter Journey looks wonderful, so if that comes first let me know what you think. I think you'll like The Shooting Party. I loved how it deflects its own Russianness.
Read the first three paragraphs of your post and stopped for fear of spoilers. And went to my shelves to get my unread copy... and am now cross because I’d misremembered. I have a collection of three short stories - A Glimpse of Simon’s Glory - and the novel Winter Journey. High time I read them, it seems...
Ah. Winter Journey looks wonderful, so if that comes first let me know what you think. I think you'll like The Shooting Party. I loved how it deflects its own Russianness.