Recent sightings of the 71-year-old Vladimir Putin tend to be described in the hushed tones of a concerned matron. Did you see his arm tremor? Why is he looking so puffy and pale? What’s all that table-gripping about? The desire to know what is going on behind the scenes at the Kremlin has grown exponentially since the war in Ukraine began over 18 months ago. Into this imaginative vacuum strides Giuliano da Empoli’s first novel, The Wizard of the Kremlin, an acute and timely dissection of Russian power, told through the eyes of a shadowy political adviser to Putin.
71岁的弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)最近现身时，往往会引发关切的主妇般的轻声讨论。你看到他的胳膊在颤抖吗？为什么他看起来如此浮肿和苍白？用手紧紧抓住桌子边缘是怎么回事？自18个多月前乌克兰战争爆发以来，想知道克里姆林宫内部发生了什么的愿望呈指数级增长。朱利亚诺•达•恩波利(Giuliano da Empoli)切入这个激发想象力的真空的首部小说《克里姆林宫的魔术师》(The Wizard of The Kremlin)，通过普京的一位神秘政治顾问的视角，对俄罗斯的权力进行了敏锐而及时的剖析。