Otts reviewed Eastbound by Maylis De Kerangal
In this swirling, gripping tale, a young Russian conscript and a French woman come together …
Small pleasures
4 stars
I read the Archipelago edition which was very pleasing to hold and touch. Its physicality really influenced my good opinion. A simple story contained inside a small book, set on the cramped spaces of a train on the Trans-Siberian railway.