Two Cousins of Azov

Name: Two Cousins of Azov
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Andrea Bennett
ISBN: 9780008159580

Author: Andrea Bennett

Narrator: Saul Reichlin

Unabridged: 13 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 07/13/2017

Categories: Fiction, Humorous, Small Town & Rural, Women, Satire

Synopsis

A heartwarming novel about the surprise of second chances in the autumn of your life. Gor is keeping busy. He has a magic show to rehearse, his new assistant to get in line and a dacha in dire need of weeding. But he keeps being distracted by a tapping on his window – four floors up. Is old age finally catching up with him? Tolya has woken from a long illness to find his memory gone. Tidied away in a sanatorium, with only the view of a pine tree for entertainment, he is delighted when young doctor Vlad decides to make a project of him. With a keen listener by his side, and the aid of smuggled home-made sugary delights, Tolya’s boyhood memories return, revealing dark secrets… Two Cousins of Azov is a tender and wonderful story of two men who, in the autumn of their years, have the chance to learn that memories can heal, as well as haunt.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aoife on July 13, 2017

I received a free copy of this book from Harper Collins in exchange for an honest review. It’s the early 90s in a post-Soviet Union Russia and two men are soon faced with dealing with their childhood memories. Gor is being plagued by some strange goings on in his home while practicing for a magic sho......more

Goodreads review by Emma on March 17, 2018

Una historia hilarante y tierna a la vez, cuyos protagonistas, dos ancianos primos son unos fabuloso protagonistas. Extravagantes donde los haya, sus aventuras son de lo más entretenidas y además, bajo su primas nos dan una lección de la importancia de la familia y la amistad. Gor, es el más serio,......more

Goodreads review by Audiobook Accomplice on June 22, 2020

Chosen cuz of Saul Reichlin, loved cuz of Andrea Bennett’s creation My Full Review......more

Goodreads review by Meri on November 12, 2020

Mi reseña completa está aquí: [URL not allowed] Los viejos primos de Azov es un libro entretenido que esconde distintas emociones y un importante mensaje en su interior. El carácter de los personajes ayudan a que la lectura se haga más amena, porque, almenos a mí, se me hizo un......more

Goodreads review by Karen on July 16, 2017

Two Cousins of Asov is one of those books that are really hard to categorise. In one sense it's a family drama, the two cousins of the title, Gor and Tolya have become estranged, both older men with dark memories and secrets. It's also a mystery story, Gor is being terrorised, but why? And by who? A......more

Quotes

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