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I liked it for its Soviet-ness, its quiet heroine, its brute of a train companion/tour guide.
random lines I like:
...the smell of muffled talk and stale buns drifted from the coffee shop
The innocent smell of wood smoke drifted into the carriage.
"We made friends, if that's the right word for it. I never said a word to him, but we petted the same cat every evening..."
"...He was a Party member and one of his favorite sayings was that during Stalin's time this country was the most dangerous, unhealt ...more
random lines I like:
...the smell of muffled talk and stale buns drifted from the coffee shop
The innocent smell of wood smoke drifted into the carriage.
"We made friends, if that's the right word for it. I never said a word to him, but we petted the same cat every evening..."
"...He was a Party member and one of his favorite sayings was that during Stalin's time this country was the most dangerous, unhealt ...more

Jan 05, 2021
Phoebe
marked it as to-read