''A great Russian novel… in the grand Russian tradition'' LE FIGAROYears after the death of their beloved son, there is a knock at the door of Nikolai and Vera''s apartment. Introducing himself simply as ''Sergeant Bertrand'', the unknown visitor triggers a precipitous journey into the depths of the human soul.Hailed as an early masterpiece of post-Soviet literature, Russian Gothic is now available in English for the first time. Three decades after it was written, its complex portrait of grief, misogyny, violence - and love - is as fresh, shocking and relevant as ever.