Love in the Seventh Car

Olga Slavnikova, the well-known novelist and a winner of the Russian Booker Prize, appears in this book as a wonderful storyteller. The stories included in the collection are captivating and diverse: a love story, a detective plot, fantasy, a lubok… And all of them are united by the theme of the railway—a never-ending source of stories and characters. The main thing, the author says, is to be ready to look beyond everyday reality, no matter whether you listen to this book sitting at home in a comfortable chair or you glance out the window at a landscape where a fast train is rushing by…