The Dream Life of Sukhanov (OM) - Softcover
At the age of fifty-six Anatoly Sukhanov has everything a man could want: a glittering career, a beautiful wife and two children, a grand apartment in the smartest part of Moscow. Then perestroika dawns and the rigid structures of the world in which Sukhanov has thrived begin to crumble as he is beset by heartbreaking visions from his past: many years ago Sukhanov had been a brilliant young artist in Moscow, but, fearing the stifling hand of the state, he made a decision to abandon his dreams in favour of a life of comfort and, most of all, safety. Now, as the shadows of his past bring him to a terrifying state of uncertainty he begins to realise that perhaps when he compromised his dreams to live a better life, he ended up hardly living at all.Brilliantly imagined, moving and with a driving plot, The Dream Life of Sukhanov is an utterly original tale of hope and fear, youth and old age, by a remarkable new talent.
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Review:
In Grushin's wonderful novel, the incandescent wealth of Russia's literary heritage blazes (Daily Telegraph)
So good, I felt like buying 10 copies and sending them to friends . . . a stunning fictional debut (Lesley Chamberlain Independent)
From the Publisher:
So good, I felt like buying 10 copies and sending them to friends . . . a stunning fictional debut (Lesley Chamberlain Independent)
'The Dream Life of Sukhanov' has been shortlisted for the Orange Award for New Writers.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 014102996X
- ISBN 13 9780141029962
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages368
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