A review by moosegurl
Moscow But Dreaming by Ekaterina Sedia

2.0

"The only happy stories you will ever hear are told by men--they spin their lies, trying to convince themselves that they cause no devastation, and that the hearts they break were never worth much to begin with."

"There's more to people than the way they died."

"When people starve, their eyes become large and luminous, enough so as to invite comparisons with visages of saints on the icons. Which makes sense, since the saints were traditionally ascetic--anorexic even."

"On the playground, every father is a war hero."