A review by lou1sb
A Matter оf Death аnd Life by Andrey Kurkov

4.0

I'm on a bit of a novella kick at the moment. Maybe it's the heat, and a baby keeping me occupied, which both make books I can finish in one commute pretty attractive prospects. Maybe it's the thought of tackling one of the bricks I've had sitting on my shelves for ages next year (Moby Dick, War and Peace, The Brothers Karamazov, A la Recherché de Tempus Perdu...I think that's all) and the time I've spent with the Mishima that makes finishability enticing, but whatever. It's good. I love it. This was the first Kurkov where I could almost definitely remember which name belonged to which character. I'm not good with Russian names.

I've almost read all of Kurkov's books, and in the lovely vintage editions too. I hope they don't do something awful like change the design for the small format version of his new book.