{"product_id":"eastbound","title":"Eastbound","description":"** SELECTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AS 1 OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e** INCLUDED ON THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 ** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'At The New York Times Book Review, I think it's fair to say we were dazzled by the way the author creates . . . a miniature masterpiece of narrative tension and compression' - Emily Eakin, 'The Book Review' podcast \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of Maggie Shipstead's Great Circle and The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEastbound is both an adventure story and a duet of two vibrant inner worlds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRacing 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":55100963094866,"sku":"9781953861504","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/bild_b38495c9-c6af-45b6-aa24-63c47a8b9b3c.jpg?v=1792163218","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/eastbound","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}