''Laurus'' is a 2012

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by Eugene Vodolazkin set in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It won the Big Book Award and the Yasnaya Polyana Book Award. According to Neil Griffiths's list for ''

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'', it is one of ten best world novels about God. It was translated into English in 2015 by Lisa C. Hayden.

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2012 Russian novels Novels set in the 15th century Novels set in the 16th century {{2010s-novel-stub