Eastbound (2023) by Maylis de Kerangel

 Book Review

Eastbound (2023)

by Maylis de Kerangel

Translated by Jessica Moore

  I checked out this new book by French author Maylis de Kerangel because of the positive reviews I read online in some end of the year book round-ups.   It's a short book about an encounter between a French woman fleeing a failed romance and a Russian conscript heading east on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. The prose as translated by Jessica Moore is sharp and Kerangel accomplishes much with few brushstrokes, drawing the reader in to the mini drama that takes place entirely on a train.