A review by linkalipski
Marina Tsvétaïéva, mourir à Elabouga: roman by Teresa Lavender Fagan, Vénus Khoury-Ghata

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

The second person feels like a letter directly addressed to her and at times, a choice to be accusatory 

The book starts with her suicide and then take us on her journey that led to that. I think it’s well structured.

The style is particular and poetic which helps be immersed in Marina’s life since she was herself a poet. The unusual style is not unpleasant.

I find Marina to be rather an unpleasant person to not say awful. She is rather selfish and devoid of morals (cheats on her partner) so I command her daughter (the only survivor) to have worked so hard to get her mother’s writing known.

All in all it’s a quick read and an interesting way to discover someone new and other ways to tell stories.