A city in Russia contains 23 essays that move from the inner zone of Nizhny Novgorod to the deserted roads of Krasnoslobodsk and reflect on linguistic powerlessness, European identity and the good man from Chelyabinsk. Here is skywalking in Shanghai and crane dancing at Hornborgasjön. We zoom in on sea eagles in Skåne, and the infinite universe turns out to be inside the navel-gazing author - by binocular examination of the bladder.
