Чагин

Isidor Chagin can learn even the most complex text. He can then recall it for as long as needed. Yet this gift leaves him unable to forget. His memory weighs on him. He must learn to let things go.

Евгений Водолазкин brings grief and humour to this novel. The story draws on love, diaries, and letters. It also draws on tales of spies. It looks at memory, time, and the past. The line between fact and fiction grows blurred. Heinrich Schliemann and Daniel Defoe are among its cast. The cast also has agents and people who keep archives.

This hardcover edition has Russian text. It came out in 2022 and has 384 pages.