Join the book club for a lively discussion about the short novel, Eastbound by Maylis De Kerangal. It’s been selected by The New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of the Year (2023), and included on the New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023. 

In this gripping tale, a Russian conscript and a French woman cross paths on the Trans-Siberian railroad, each fleeing to the east for their own reasons.

At The New York Times Book Review, I think it’s fair to say we were dazzled by the way the author creates . . . a miniature masterpiece of narrative tension and compression,”

– Emily Eakin, “The Book Review” podcast

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