Status Updates From The Lost Pianos of Siberia

« The remark that Kamchatka was the place at the back of the classroom where the worst-behaved kids would be sent still resonates with Russians. Among Westerner’s however, the word resonates with a different association: in the board game Risk, Kamchatka is the ideal territory for launching an invasion of North America. » lmao that really was my only association to Kamchatka before reading this book 💀

« You can hear Siberia in the big, soft chords in Russian music that evoke the hush of silver birch trees and the billowing winter snows. »