Clouds of Change
8 hrs. 3 min.
Description
One day, in the apartment of the main character—a writer—a phone call comes in: an old acquaintance invites him to attend his son-in-law’s funeral. A successful businessman dies suddenly, leaving nothing at all to his young wife. The tragedy brings to mind a chain of events from the writer’s past: a passionate affair with Lili(an), the daughter of a moderately famous Soviet director, Vasily Kondrashov; trips to their dacha; walks during which he helped Kondrashov prepare memoirs; and finally, the sudden death of an old man. The writer and Lilian’s idyllic relationship is invaded by Alexander—an apparently successful entrepreneur, but only at first glance…
This story has several plotlines, mixing elements of a thriller, an adventurous romance, and a family saga. A puzzle novel that misleads readers’ expectations page after page. “Clouds of Change” is like “Crime and Punishment”—not, of course, Dostoevsky’s— but a masterfully stitched tapestry where, instead of an old moneylender woman, there is a former director who is killed by Alexander the con artist—one who stripped the old man and his daughter of all their money. And instead of Porfiry Petrovich the investigator, there is a writer creating a novel…
“(Maria Busuyeva).”
This story has several plotlines, mixing elements of a thriller, an adventurous romance, and a family saga. A puzzle novel that misleads readers’ expectations page after page. “Clouds of Change” is like “Crime and Punishment”—not, of course, Dostoevsky’s— but a masterfully stitched tapestry where, instead of an old moneylender woman, there is a former director who is killed by Alexander the con artist—one who stripped the old man and his daughter of all their money. And instead of Porfiry Petrovich the investigator, there is a writer creating a novel…
“(Maria Busuyeva).”
