Compartment No. 6 Book Talk with Rosa Liksom
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Education
Start date
2017-03-13 18:00:00
End date
2017-03-13 20:00:00
Address / City
58 Park Avenue New York
Location
NY, US
Finnish author Rosa Liksom reads from and discusses her recently translated novel Compartment No. 6 (Graywolf Press, August 2016), a wickedly mischievous, darkly imaginative, and completely unforgettable ride.
In the waning years of the Soviet Union, a sad young Finnish woman boards a train in Moscow bound for Mongolia, she’s trying to put as much space as possible between her and a broken relationship. Wanting to be alone, she chooses an empty compartment—No. 6.—but her solitude is soon shattered by the arrival of a fellow passenger: Vadim Nikolayevich Ivanov, a grizzled, opinionated, foul-mouthed former soldier. Vadim fills the compartment with his long and colorful stories, recounting in lurid detail his sexual conquests and violent fights.
In the waning years of the Soviet Union, a sad young Finnish woman boards a train in Moscow bound for Mongolia, she’s trying to put as much space as possible between her and a broken relationship. Wanting to be alone, she chooses an empty compartment—No. 6.—but her solitude is soon shattered by the arrival of a fellow passenger: Vadim Nikolayevich Ivanov, a grizzled, opinionated, foul-mouthed former soldier. Vadim fills the compartment with his long and colorful stories, recounting in lurid detail his sexual conquests and violent fights.
Organizer
Scandinavia House
Phone
212.779.3587
Email
info@amscan.org