Tears of the Universe

7 hrs. 36 min.

Language Russian

Author Ekaterina Ostrovskaya

Narrator Elena Kalinichenko

Description

What could be more respectable than a poetry evening where famous masters of words perform for respectable people who paid half a thousand euros per ticket? Lieutenant Colonel Goncharov arrives at this social event as a guest, but enjoying the poetry is hindered by the need to carry out his official duty. One of the poetry lovers is murdered, and the weapon turns out to be a pistol from which a bandit nicknamed “Hamster” was shot recently. It seems that this far from lyrical story is beginning in the distant nineties… Tatiana Ustinova recommends: “Ostrovskaya plays with lives, shuffles heroes, makes them do unexpected and strange things, and makes the reader follow them with bated breath, wondering: will it work, won’t it work, will they get out, or won’t they? The plot keeps turning in another direction and rushing forward at full speed. It’s almost impossible, but she manages to stay on these turns!.. And you really want the heroes to succeed!.. And the ending! It’s always dazzling—in every sense.”