Bickford fuse

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A satirical epic of the Soviet soul by the bestselling author of Death and the Penguin

Catch-22 meets The Brothers Karamazov in the last great satire of the Soviet Era

The Great Patriotic War is stumbling to a close, but a new darkness has fallen over Soviet Russia. And for a disparate, disconnected clutch of wanderers - many thousands of miles apart but linked by a common goal - four parallel journeys are just beginning.

Gorych and his driver, rolling through water, sand and snow on an empty petrol tank; the occupant of a black airship, looking down benevolently as he floats above his Fatherland; young Andrey, who leaves his religious community in search of a new life; and Kharitonov, who trudges from the Sea of Japan to Leningrad, carrying a fuse that, when lit, could blow all and sundry to smithereens.

Written in the final years of Communism, The Bickford Fuse is a satirical epic of the Soviet soul, exploring the origins and dead-ends of the Russian mentality from the end of World War Two to the Union's collapse. Blending allegory and fable with real events, and as deliriously absurd as anything Kurkov has written, it is both an elegy for lost years and a song of hope for a future not yet set in stone.

Translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 15 juni 2017

Aantal pagina's: 352

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Andrey Kurkov

Tweede Auteur: Kurkow, Andrej

Hoofduitgeverij: Maclehose Press

Eerste Vertaler: Boris Dralyuk

Tweede Vertaler: Dralyuk

Editie: 1

Product breedte: 129 mm

Product hoogte: 28 mm

Product lengte: 198 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 129 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 28 mm

Verpakking lengte: 198 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 395 g

EAN: 9781848666061

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