Natalja Kljutscharjowa's journey through the extremes of today's Russia (Russia)

In search of happy people, Natalja Kljutscharjowa follows a student from Saint Petersburg on a trip across her home country in "Endstation Russland" (tr: Last Stop Russia). On the way she encounters the confused, the mad, and the lonely heroes at the fringes of a society in upheaval. Her début novel is a dazzling encyclopedia of life amidst the extremes of today's Russia.

Focus Eastern Europe

PRESENTER: Olga Wostrezowa SPEAKER: Kathleen Gallego Zapata