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Sep 03, 2016arharris rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book has several short stories that take place in Russia- during and after the Soviet Union. The stories are connected by a fictional painting by a real Russian Chechen artist. The stories drift back and forth in time as we follow different characters but the first story starts ‘at the beginning’ in 1937 with a censor who’s job it was is to ‘delete’ people from pictures, at first he added a small level official to ‘Empty Pasture in the Afternoon’ but after his brother is killed by the state, he adds his brother to the background of this painting and every other painting/photo he edits. We then follow the ownership of the painting as well as those affected not only by the painting but by the actual empty pasture. So far this is one of my favorite books of 2016. I would very much recommend it.