Taming the Tiger in Paris

"The writer brought a wild animal from Los Angeles. At that time, the writer did not suspect that it was wild, otherwise he would never have allowed himself to invite this huge Russian cat with broad shoulders, a chest touched by burn scars, and long legs with constant bruises into his monastic abode. Alas, the writer discovered that the beast was wild, not domestic, too late"

The writer is Edichka, the eternal hero of Eduard Limonov, traveling the world in search of new literary plots. The wild animal is the singer and writer Natalia Medvedeva, with whom Edichka lives in a tiny apartment in Marais. This is a novel about love and passion, in which Limonov creates a myth from their drama-filled and nervously strained relationship, a novel about happiness as a curse.