In a crumbling apartment building in postSoviet Russia theres a ghost whowont keep quiet. Mircha fell from the roof and was never properly buried sohe sticks ar... » 

In a crumbling apartment building in postSoviet Russia theres a ghost whowont keep quiet. Mircha fell from the roof and was never properly buried sohe sticks around to heckle the living his wife Azade Olga a disillusionedtranslatorcensor for a military newspaper Yuri an army veteran who alwayswears an aviators helmet and Tanya. Tanya carries a notebook wherever shegoes recording her observations and her dreams of finding love and escapingher job at the AllRussia AllCosmopolitan Museum a place which holds afantastic and terrible collection of art knockoffs created using the tools athand from foam to chewing gum Popsicle sticks to tomato juice. When themuseums director hears of a mysterious American group seeking to fund art inRussia it looks like she might get her chance at a better life if she canonly convince them of the collections worth. Enlisting the help of Azade Olgaand even Mircha Tanya scrambles to save her dreams and her neighbors andalong the way discovers that love may have been waiting in her own courtyardall along. And so in Ochsners fablelike magical debut we see thetranscendence of imagination. As Colum McCann has said Ochsner manages...to capture our sundry human moments and make raw and unforgettable music ofthem. «