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Original Title:	Лавр
ISBN:	1780747551 (ISBN13: 9781780747552)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Большая книга (2013), Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize Nominee for Lisa C. Hayden (2016), Ясная Поляна for XXI век (2013)

Laurus

Eugene Vodolazkin

Hardcover | Pages: 384 pages

Rating: 4.26 | 4805 Users | 669 Reviews

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Title	:	Laurus
Author	:	Eugene Vodolazkin
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 384 pages
Published	:	October 13th 2015 by Oneworld Publications (first published 2012)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Russia. Literature. Russian Literature. Novels

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It is the late fifteenth century and a village healer in Russia is powerless to help his beloved as she dies in childbirth, unwed and without having received communion. Devastated and desperate, he sets out on a journey in search of redemption. But this is no ordinary journey: it is one that spans ages and countries, and which brings him face-to-face with a host of unforgettable, eccentric characters and legendary creatures from the strangest medieval bestiaries. Laurus’s travels take him from the Middle Ages to the Plague of 1771, where as a holy fool he displays miraculous healing powers, to the political upheavals of the late-twentieth century. At each transformative stage of his journey he becomes more revered by the church and the people, until he decides, one day, to return to his home village to lead the life of a monastic hermit – not realizing that it is here that he will face his most difficult trial yet.

Laurus is a remarkably rich novel about the eternal themes of love, loss, self-sacrifice and faith, from one of Russia’s most exciting and critically acclaimed novelists.

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"When Diogenes was asked how to live with the truth, he answered: Do as with fyre: do not go so exceadyngely close that it will burn, but do not go so farre away that the colde will reache you." The Middle Ages were not like today. You could barely walk out your front door without witnessing a miracle, and hideous monsters dwelt just beyond the farthest place you'd ever personally traveled to. Devils had their clawed hands in absolutely everything, angels were only slightly less commonplace,

Pretty amazing book - has everything a good book needs - history, fantasy, philosophy, action, romance, character development, language. Will want to read more by Vodolazkin.

This is a surprising, deep and mystical novel; set largely in medieval Russia but branching out to different places and sometimes different times. We know that Arseny was born in 1440 and was brought up by his grandfather, Christofer. When his grandfather dies, Arseny becomes the local healer and, one day, brings into his humble home a young woman Ustina. When she dies in childbirth, he begins a life travelling and trying to make atonement for her death.You will have to decide whether Arseny,

We simply need to remember that only the material world needs time,There was only a time, maybe once or twice when I earnestly considered the idea of Grace. Both instances were fleeting and predictably linked to a woman. The path I tread isn't geared to such. I watched an interview with Gunter Grass yesterday, where he ventured his preference for Camus over Sartre. When asked why, the master responded, I don't harbor any faith for God but I do worship Saint Sisyphus. Despite the blurb on the

A book in a genre I've hardly read since my age hit double figures: stories of the saints. Laurus, the life of a fictional fifteenth-century Russian folk healer, holy fool, pilgrim and eventual monk is essentially an invented example. Baptised Arseny, the protagonist adopts a number of names through different phases of his life, culminating in 'Laurus'. Miracles and prophetic visions are presented as a matter of course, as in the life of a saint, not the mode of fantasy or magic realism familiar