“Please Look After Mother” by Kyung-Sook Shin (S. Korea) Synopsis “Please Look After Mother” is the story of So-nyo, a wife and mother, who has lived a life of sacrifice and compromise. In the past she suffered a stroke, leaving her vulnerable and often confused. Now, travelling from the Korean countryside to the Seoul of…
“The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov (Russia) Review Members of the Book Club were unanimous in their appreciation of this novel. They found it funny and philosophical. They loved the descriptions of the many incidents that happen and they liked the different characters, though most found confusing the way the author changes the naming…
“The Dream Life of Sukhanov” by Olga Grushin (Russia) Synopsis Stepping out into the dusk of a warm Moscow evening, esteemed art critic Anatoly Sukhanov feels on top of the world: his career is glittering, his wife is beautiful and his children are clever. But the year is 1985 and the air is heavy with…
