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Laurus

by Eugene Vodolazkin
Lisa C. Hayden
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It is the late fifteenth century and a village healer in Russia called Laurus is powerless to help his beloved as she dies in childbirth, unwed and without having received communion. Devastated and desperate, he sets out on a journey in search of redemption. But this is no ordinary journey: it is one that spans ages and countries, and which brings him face-to-face with a host of unforgettable, eccentric characters and legendary creatures from the strangest medieval bestiaries.
Laurus's travels take him from the Middle Ages to the Plague of 1771, where as a holy fool he displays miraculous healing powers, to the political upheavals of the late-twentieth century. At each transformative stage of his journey he becomes more revered by the church and the people, until he decides, one day, to return to his home village to lead the life of a monastic hermit—not realizing that it is here that he will face his most difficult trial yet.
Laurus is a remarkably rich novel about the eternal themes of love, loss, self-sacrifice, and faith, from one of Russia's most exciting and critically acclaimed novelists.

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  • Release date

    September 20, 2017

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      • ISBN: 9781541493421
      • File size: 382689 KB
      • Duration: 13:17:16

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      There are many similarities between a medieval book on the lives of saints and a modern novel with magical realism, and this audiobook walks the narrow line between the two. The story, which dramatizes the religiosity of medieval Russia, contains miracles and prophetic visions enough for anyone, and James Foster's cool, almost detached, narration helps them stay almost believable. Most of the characters are underdrawn in the text, and Foster doesn't struggle to differentiate them. The Elder, for example, is a type, rather than an individual. Even Arseny (also called Ustin, Ambrozi, and Laurus) is something of a type. But Foster embodies Arseny's quiet devotion to his lost love and his focus on finding salvation, suppressed passions that can be expressed only beneath the surface of speech. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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