<p><strong>Gold Medal, 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for Literary Fiction   </strong></p><br><p><strong>Longlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award</strong></p><p><strong><br></strong></p><p><strong>Winner of the Ivo Andrić Grand Prize for best novel of 2022</strong></p><p><b><br></b></p><p><b>From the INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR Eugene Vodolazkin – winner of the BIG BOOK AWARD, the LEO TOLSTOY YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD, and the READ RUSSIA AWARD</b><br></p><p><b>For fans of Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Umberto Eco</b><br></p><p>Vodolazkin’s new novel <i>Brisbane </i>is “a sophisticated and frequently moving study in dissonance, dedicated to pointing out contrasts between art and life, beauty and decay, intention and outcome. And, yes, between Ukraine and Russia” (<i>Booklist</i>).<br></p><p><em>Brisbane</em> is a richly layered, universal <strong>coming-of-age story</strong> of a musical prodigy robbed of his talent by an incurabl