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The Avenue of Eternal Tranquillity
by Karen Overman-Edmiston
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2010 Nautilus Book Award Winner
It is a ferociously cold Moscow night. In a hotel car park, a man gets out of his car, takes off his hat and coat and lies down in the snow, as if he were going to bed to sleep. In the arctic conditions, he dies. From a window high up in the Hotel Rossiya, a couple looks down upon a figure lying in the snow. Hannah and Luke have just arrived in Moscow having travelled across Mongolia and Siberia. They had not seen the Russian leave his car, but they did see the police arrive, take notes, cover the body with a piece of matting, and then leave.
The Avenue of Eternal Tranquillity charts the story of Pyotr and Yuliya, living in the Soviet Union of the 1960s. Their tale is interwoven with that of Luke and Hannah travelling the trans-Siberian railway from Beijing to Moscow in the early years of the new millennium. Their paths collide during the festive season in Moscow, 2002.
Set in Russia and China, this story traces two deeply founded relationships that provide insights into love's tenuous beginnings to its rewards and complexities, and its potential for tragedy.
Reviews ...
This book is among the best books I have ever read. It is touching and the language is beautiful and sensitive. The scope of love, loss, spirituality, camaraderie, family, and more, is placed on the human stage. It opens a window into what it means to be real in this chaotic world.
A. Whitman-Currier, The US Review of Books
I can't recommend this book strongly enough ... it absolutely enthrals and enchants before delivering a heartbreaking twist that sucked the speech out of me for a few moments. This is the sort of book that haunts and gets revisited. It isn't easy to do justice to a work like this. It has to be read. The Avenue of Eternal Tranquillity is obviously written by someone who has travelled extensively and knows the regions described very well.
Melissa Jones, Independent reviewer Vooworks
It reads like a Russian classic, full of philosophy and tragedy. This is a mammoth work ... It is hugely ambitious and has the feel of a writer who has poured her heart and soul into it. Overman-Edmiston sets up two storylines: one of a young Russian student in Moscow in the 60s and his love affair with a striking university professor; the other of a pair of Australian travel writers riding the train from Beijing to Moscow in 2002.
Susan Hewitt, The West Weekend Magazine
Two stories collide in the Moscow winter of 2002. Intense Russian student Pyotr falls for … lecturer Dr Yuliya Shustova. An exceptional romance builds in spite of the age difference. Her parents and the deaf but wise Aunt Raisa approve of the union.
Whereas Australian travel writer and photographer couple travelling the Trans Siberian railway have reached a crisis point in their relationship.
Against Arctic conditions and amazing scenery, the tension builds.
Slow to start, this book is worthy of persistence. It’s a moving tale about the intricacies of love leading to not only perfect moments, but also desolate lows.
R. Sydes, The Examiner, March 2009
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| Author | Karen Overman-Edmiston | |
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| Paperback | 392 pages | |
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| ISBN | 9780646496610 | |
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| Dimensions | 210 X 148 mm | |
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| Weight | 500 g | |
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