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Wanting to escape a failed relationship, a young Finnish woman boards a train to travel from Moscow to Mongolia. Wanting to be alone, she chooses an empty compartment, but is soon joined by a former soldier who recounts explicit stories of his past. "A young Finnish woman boards a train in Moscow, in the waning years of the Soviet Union. Bound for Mongolia, she's trying to leave a broken relationship as far behind her as she can. Wanting to be alone, she chooses an empty compartment - No 6. Her solitude is soon shattered by the arrival of a fellow passenger: Vadim Nikolayevich Ivanov, a…
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4 editions- Paperback · English · 2016Graywolf Press · 192 pages · 9781555977474
- Other · English · 2016Graywolf Press · 9781555979430
- Other · English · 2015Serpent's Tail Limited · 9781846689284
- Other · English · 2014Serpent's Tail Limited · 192 pages · 9781846689277
Man-woman relationshipsFriendshipRailroad travelLife change eventsFictionFiction, generalVelikai͡a Sibirskai͡a magistralʹ







