A shabby Moscow suburb under Communist rule. Zurich's opera house, a delirious football stadium, Florentine painters, an upmarket Swiss brothel and a Berger tribe's transhumance ...
Maria Andreas's novel is a pilgrimage through rich encounters that all lead Grigori Ivanov to his inner heart. The kind of encounters that fate deals out, or uses, in our challenging everyday lives.
In Grigori, Maria Andreas has created an iconic protagonist. Like the glistening Ivanov talisman, this is a narrative that those who love it will carry with them, closely and forever.
Moving, intense ... Prof. G rard Ostermann