Cranes and Dwarfs

There has been a myth since the days of Homer about an endless war between cranes and pygmies—the people of dwarfs. This very myth became the basis for Leonid Yuzefovich’s book “Cranes and Dwarfs,” for which he received the “Big Book” prize. What ties together an adventurer from the time of the Ottoman Empire; the carevich Alexei, barely saved and arriving in Transbaikal during the Civil War; a forty-year-old Moscow geologist from the Perestroika era; and a Mongol living at the beginning of the 2000s?

The story of four impostors, a captivating plot, and the influence of an era on human morals—these are all present in Leonid Yuzefovich’s ironic and engrossing novel, written by the writer, historian, and three-time laureate of the “Big Book” prize.

Attention! The audio recording contains profanity.

Contents:

Chapter 1. The Double

Chapter 2. Escape

Chapter 3. In a Foreign Land

Chapter 4. Snowfall

Chapter 5. The Little Flower

Chapter 6. Another Life

Chapter 7. Two in the Garden

Chapter 8. New Faces

Chapter 9. The Palace

Chapter 10. Treasure

Chapter 11. The Last Chance

Chapter 12. The Trap

Chapter 13. End of the Road

Chapter 14. Disappearance

Chapter 15. Erdene-Dzu

Chapter 16. City of the Dead