“Each of us repeats Adam’s journey and acknowledges, with the loss of innocence, that he is mortal. Weep and pray, O Arseny. And do not fear death, for death is not just the bitterness of parting. It is also the joy of liberation.” (Laurus, p. 30)” ― Eugene Vodolazkin/5. · For my book report I read Laurus, by Eugene Vodolazkin Halfway through Laurus I told a friend that this book, even if no one else recognizes it, is a masterpiece. Then I looked down at the book’s cover and saw that my opinion was not so unique . Eugene Vodolazkin’s second novel, Laurus, won both of Russia’s major literary awards, the National Big Book Award and the Yasnaya Polyana Book Award, and was shortlisted for the National Bestseller Prize and the Russian Booker Prize. His debut novel, Solovyov and Larionov, was shortlisted for the Andrei Bely Prize and the Big Book Award/5().
― Eugene Vodolazkin, Laurus. 2 likes. Like "You know, O friend, any meeting is surely more than parting. There is emptiness before meeting someone, just nothing, but there is no longer emptiness after parting. After having met someone once, it is impossible to part completely. A person remains in the memory, as a part of the memory. Eugene Vodolazkin. An expert in Old Russian literature, Eugene Vodolazkin was born in Kiev in His debut novel, Solovyov and Larionov was shortlisted for the Andrei Bely Prize and The Big Book Prize. Laurus, his second novel, won both of Russia's major literary awards, The Book Book Prize and the Yasnaya Polyana Award. A new novel by the Russian medievalist Eugene Vodolazkin, "Laurus," recreates this fervent landscape and suggests why the era, its holy men, and the forests and fields of Muscovy retain such a.
For my book report I read Laurus, by Eugene Vodolazkin Halfway through Laurus I told a friend that this book, even if no one else recognizes it, is a masterpiece. Then I looked down at the book’s cover and saw that my opinion was not so unique after all—“A masterpiece,” the Huffington Post raves. “Each of us repeats Adam’s journey and acknowledges, with the loss of innocence, that he is mortal. Weep and pray, O Arseny. And do not fear death, for death is not just the bitterness of parting. It is also the joy of liberation.” (Laurus, p. 30)” ― Eugene Vodolazkin. Eugene Vodolazkin’s Laurus is one of those rare novels that once you start you won’t want to put down, whether you are a person of faith or not. A powerful story about a Russian Orthodox healer, holy man, and pilgrim, Laurus becomes a pilgrimage for each reader, one that surely will change your life if you are open to its beauty, depth, and truth.
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