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Day of the oprichnik

Vladimir Sorokin ; translated by Jamey Gambrell

(Penguin modern classics)(Penguin fiction)

Penguin Classics/Penguin, 2018, c2011

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Den' oprichnika

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Description

Haunting, terrifying and hilarious, The Day of the Oprichnik is a dazzling novel and a fierce critique of life in the New Russia Moscow 2028: Andrei Danilovich Komiaga, oprichnik, member of the czar's inner circle of trusted courtiers, rouses himself from a drunken stupor and prepares for another day of debauchery, violence, terror and beauty. In this New Russia, futuristic technology combine with the draconian world of Ivan the Terrible to create a dystopia chillingly akin to reality. Over the twenty-four-hour span of the novel, Komiaga will rape, pillage and torture, in the name of the czar he fears and adores. Shimmering with invention, fierce social commentary and razor-sharp wit, Day of the Oprichnik imagines a near future too disturbing to contemplate and too close to reality to ignore.

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  • NCID
    BB2734662X
  • ISBN
    • 9780241355114
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    rus
  • Place of Publication
    [London]
  • Pages/Volumes
    191 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
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