★ Evgeny Vodolazkin's first novel- an immediate success and was shortlisted for the Andrei Bely Prize and the Big Book Prize!
★ The book embodies the author's imagination, wisdom and talent for constructing complex scenes, using the author's unique style of writing: through the collision of different times, finally overcome the era.
★ A classic historical novel! Also a significant, fascinating book! Its humorous language and philosophical way of thinking will appeal to all levels of readers.
★ Directed by director Idar Zabarov the drama of the same name.

Soloviev, a young historian, travels to another time to recreate the life of the white general Larionov, this sudden turn that affects the historian's life. He knew from the results of modern scientific seminars that what he will about to face the Yalta Conference of the 1920s and the aftermath of the Crimean Civil War...
Historian Soloviev recounts how Crimea was trampling by the Red Army. In the novel, General Larionov presents a mysterious timeline of Russian history and reality. This is especially important when it comes to confirming history.

Evgene Vodolazkin：

WINNER OF THE BIG BOOK AWARD AND YASNAYA POLYANA PRIZE 2013
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER PRIZE 2013, THE BOOKER
PRIZE 2013, THE BIG BOOK AWARD 2010,
ANDREI BELY PRIZE 2009
His works have been authorized to be published in more than 30 countries!

Evgene Vodolazkin was born in Kiev in 1964. A scholarly expert in the old Russian literature, since 1990 Vodolazkin has worked in the department of the Old Russian Literature at the Pushkin House. Prof. Dmitry Likhachev’s pupil, Evgene Vodolazkin has numerous academic published titles and articles to his name and has been awarded fellowships for research and lectureship in Germany from Toepfer Foundation and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Vodolazkin’s debut novel, Solovyov and Larionov, became an immediate success, shortlisted to Andrei Bely Prize (2009) and Big Book Award (2010). Laurus is Evgene Vodolazkin’s second novel. Evgene Vodolazkin lives with his family in St Petersburg, Russia.