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A review by jaipal
The Memory Artist by Katherine Brabon
3.0
This book is a hard one to review. It tells the story through the point of view of Pasha. He is an author who has this massive project to record the history of the Gulags but never gets around to finishing it.
The author has researched thoroughly and it shows in her writing. I enjoy this book for the portrayal of the Soviet Union and later the Russian Federation. If I ever go there, I'll want to visit the places mentioned in this book as I'm engaged with the history of the place through this book.
My issue with this book is the writing style. It follows a non-linear narrative, where the reader goes back and forth along Pasha's timeline, from when he was a young child, to when he was a young man and when he is an adult. Normally, I can follow sick transitions easily but I left it for a week and once I picked it up again, I lost track of what happened when. This put me off the book a little.
This is a great book for those wanting to know how like was in Russia (and the Soviet Union).
The author has researched thoroughly and it shows in her writing. I enjoy this book for the portrayal of the Soviet Union and later the Russian Federation. If I ever go there, I'll want to visit the places mentioned in this book as I'm engaged with the history of the place through this book.
My issue with this book is the writing style. It follows a non-linear narrative, where the reader goes back and forth along Pasha's timeline, from when he was a young child, to when he was a young man and when he is an adult. Normally, I can follow sick transitions easily but I left it for a week and once I picked it up again, I lost track of what happened when. This put me off the book a little.
This is a great book for those wanting to know how like was in Russia (and the Soviet Union).