Books by Charlotte Hobson
Black Earth City
by Charlotte Hobson
The passage I remember most in the book is that she’s wandering about in the morning with her Russian boyfriend just before New Year and they go into a café and there’s nothing in the café except bottles of champagne and, for some reason, masses of Mars bars. These are the only two items.
Interviews where books by Charlotte Hobson were recommended
The Best Tales of Soviet Russia, recommended by Robert Chandler
Robert Chandler, one of the best known translators of Russian literature, recommends some of his favourite tales of Soviet Russia. There’s the one about a dog in space and the one about the Soviet café which stocked nothing but champagne and Mars bars…
