The Aviator
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Narrated by:
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Stefan Rudnicki
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Gabrielle de Cuir
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John Rubinstein
About this listen
From award-winning author Eugene Vodolazkin comes this poignant story of memory, love, and loss spanning 20th-century Russia.
A man wakes up in a hospital bed, with no idea who he is or how he came to be there. The only information the doctor shares with his patient is his name: Innokenty Petrovich Platonov. As memories slowly resurface, Innokenty begins to build a vivid picture of his former life as a young man in Russia in the early 20th century, living through the turbulence of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. But soon, only one question remains: How can he remember the start of the 20th century, when the pills by his bedside were made in 1999?
Reminiscent of the great works of 20th-century Russian literature, with nods to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment and Bulgakov's The White Guard, The Aviator cements Vodolazkin's position as the rising star of Russia's literary scene.
©2018 Eugene Vodolazkin (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
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A navigation through one mans life, richly described... love, loss.. and Soul.
The book took me on a flight of narrative fantasy through his life, born in the previous century. He lived through the turmoil of the revolution, and somehow long after.
Those little details, the church.. dachas.. formal and informal.. nature.. friendships and betrayal.. I could observe the Russian soul.. the beauty of the people, somehow more evident when contrasted against the cold brutality of solovetsky Island.. and the fate which was bestowed upon him.
Aviator... Russian soul - Essence of
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Negatives: It was dry, tedious and miserable. If you want a book to study and intellectualise, maybe you want this book. For me, it didn't live up to the hype. It isn't what I was expecting, and for the most part I found myself thinking about anything but the book through a lot of it. I was curious about one or two aspects of the story - a paragraph would have sufficed. I was utterly bored by it.
Why did I keep listening?!
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