Chekago by Natalya Lowndes - 1988

This book is in very good condition. There is no wear on the front, back, and spine of the cover boards, although the front edges are marked with an ink spot across the outside pages. There is no bumping or fraying on the cover boards. The pages are white, crisp and clear of any markings.

"The entire city was watching the dead. At a distance the world, too, watched. Sasha Biryusov knew the dead better than the living. He was a connoisseur of funerals now, with Gran, Mum and the aunts all gone the same way, the same year. Death meant being on your own and the isolation was a final for him as it was for them. All he knew about life was that his own was endurable, unsatisfactory, and, sometimes, too long...." - Chapter One from Chekago