Read a Translation Taster from Ksenia Buksha's acclaimed novel Churov and Churbanov!

With Ksenia Buksha’s permission, I’ve posted my translation taster from Chapter 6 of Churov and Churbanov. It begins like this (click on it to read the whole sample):

Churov was walking along a single-track railroad line overgrown with fireweed while his dog, an eight-month-old German shepherd named Chief, loped behind him. Churov was going out to sell the dacha.  

The brief passage contains much of what I love about KB’s writing: the precise detail, the striking comparison, the power humming behind the restraint. KB sees the world absolutely differently, and allows/invites/compels us to do the same.

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