On Wednesday April 13, Hamid Ismailov, author of The Underground, and the novel's translator will give a presentation at the London Book Fair entitled "The Moscow Metro as a literary object, or race relations in the last years of the Soviet Union." The event is a part of the UK-Russia Year of Language and Literature.
When: Wednesday, April 13, 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Where: Olympia Exhibition Centre, Hammersmith Road, London W14 8 UX, Stand 5 D169
by Hamid Ismailov
Translated from the Russian by Carol Ermakova
Named one of “the best Russian novels of the 21st Century” (Continent Magazine), The Underground is the unforgettable story of an abandoned mixed-race boy navigating the wondrous and terrifying city of Moscow before the Soviet Union’s collapse.
Paperback ISBN: 9781632060440
Publication date: Sep 22, 2015