Viata din visele lui Suhanov

At 56, Suhanov has wealth, status, and a life to admire. He heads an art journal and has published several books. He owns a fine flat and married the woman he loves. Then one formal evening starts to unsettle his world. A journalist calls him a hypocrite; his daughter agrees. His wife leaves without warning, taking their car and driver. He then meets someone from the past he left behind.

At work, Suhanov clings to the politics of the Khrushchev years. He cannot adjust to glasnost and perestroika. As his sense of certainty breaks down, memories crowd into the present. Dreams and delusions blur his grasp of what is real. He must face questions about his father's death. He must also confront his own choice to trade art and belief for comfort and rank.

Olga Grushin's debut novel joins a political story with love and moral conflict. It explores friendship, art, and the cost of giving up one's calling. Its mix of inner turmoil and public change suits readers of literary fiction. This edition forms part of the Carte pentru toti series.