Andrey Kurkov
Meet the Writers
English - October 02, 2022 11:16 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsBooks Arts monocle music monocle magazine tyler brûlé culture current affairs design business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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One of Ukraine’s most successful literary exports speaks to Georgina Godwin. Before turning to writing, Kurkov served as a prison warden and later a journalist before trying his hand at fiction. He boasts a wealth of novels and screenplays to his name, including the bestselling ‘Death and the Penguin’. His latest book is ‘Grey Bees’, which details the turmoil in Ukraine through the eyes of a mild-mannered beekeeper.
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