The Dream Life of Sukhanov
  • Published: 1 March 2007
  • ISBN: 9780141024400
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $45.00

The Dream Life of Sukhanov

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Reminiscent of the novels of Milan Kundera and Nabokov this is the mesmerising, universal story of what happens to our dreams when we grow up.

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 change. Sukhanov's future will be haunted by doubt. Beset by heartbreaking visions of a past he gave up, he questions his choices: in swapping a precarious life as a brilliant underground artist for comfort and security did he betray his dreams? And if his dreams are lost, what does he have left?

One of the most highly acclaimed debuts of recent years, The Dream Life of Sukhanov is a work of demonic energy and startling imagery: a new classic.
  • Published: 1 March 2007
  • ISBN: 9780141024400
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $45.00
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About the author

Olga Grushin

Olga Grushin was born in Moscow in 1971. Her short fiction has appeared in Partisan Review, The Massachusetts Review and Art Times. She now lives in Washington DC.

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Praise for The Dream Life of Sukhanov

So good, I felt like buying ten copies and sending them to friends . . . a stunning fictional debut

Lesley Chamberlain, Independent

In Grushin's wonderful novel, the incandescent wealth of Russia's literary heritage blazes

Daily Telegraph

So good, I felt like buying ten copies and sending them to friends . . . a stunning fictional debut

Lesley Chamberlain, Independent