Quote of the day
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture.
Andreï Makine

Born: September 10, 1957 (age 68)
Bio: Andreï Sergeyevich Makine is a Russian-born French novelist. He also publishes under the pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde. Makine's novels include Dreams of My Russian Summers which won two top French awards, the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis.
Known for:
- Dreams of My Russian Summers (1995)
- Once Upon the River Love (1998)
- The Woman Who Waited (2006)
- A Life's Music (2002)
- The Life of an Unknown Man (2010)