A review by jgwc54e5
An Evening with Claire by Gaito Gazdanov

3.0

First published in 1930, An Evening with Claire is about Kolya, a Russian immigrant in Paris meeting up with Claire, a woman he loves but has been separated from for the last ten years. Much of the book is his recollections of his childhood and life in Russia, so it’s about memory and loss, isolation and separation. The writing drifts and there’s some great descriptions, almost dreamlike at times.