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Still not the tagged book, but this one (The indomitable parrot) hasn't even gotten an English translation yet, as far as I know. It's the second part of a trilogy and is set during WWII in the Soviet Union, without it being big of a topic. We follow many different characters in their different lives in different parts of this huge country. Kurkow writes using an almost witty language that hides a lot of the things that are really going on here.

Not tagged book (the tagged one is my favourite of Kurkovs books, though 😉)

This book is my #roll100 for April, the second part of the trilogy.

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An absurd story with odd adventures and odder minor characters that cannot be summarized. Not as charming as the first, mostly due to the absence of the penguin.

Anyone familiar with this Russian saying/superstition? "First hand to pour, pours all". It seems to mean that it's bad luck if the same person pours all the rounds, but it's a strange way of saying it. Is this a clunky translation, or what?