{"product_id":"eastbound","title":"Eastbound","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe Kerangal, Maylis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** SELECTED BY\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAS 1 OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR **\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e** INCLUDED ON\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER'S\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOKS OF 2023 **\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“At\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerfect for fans of Maggie Shipstead's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreat Circle\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lincoln Highway\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eby Amor Towles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEastbound\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis both an adventure story and a duet of two vibrant inner worlds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archipelago Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46603815878889,"sku":"9781953861504","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/5548\/7129\/files\/9781953861504_3ff08.jpg?v=1709921650","url":"https:\/\/redstickreads.com\/products\/eastbound","provider":"Red Stick Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}