| Description |
viii, 468 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
"The most patently sci-fi work of Antoine Volodine's to be translated into English, Radiant Terminus takes place in a Tarkovskian landscape after the fall of the Second Soviet Union. Most of humanity has been destroyed thanks to a number of nuclear meltdowns, but a few communes remain, including one run by Solovyei, a psychotic father with the ability to invade people's dreams--including those of his daughters--and torment them for thousands of years. When a group of damaged individuals seek safety from this nuclear winter in Solovyei's commune, a plot develops to overthrow him, end his reign of mental abuse, and restore humanity. Fantastical, unsettling, and occasionally funny, Radiant Terminus is a key entry in Volodine's epic literary project that--with its broad landscape, ambitious vision, and interlocking characters and ideas--calls to mind the best of David Mitchell"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Atomic bomb -- Soviet Union -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Psychological fiction.
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Science fiction.
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| Added Author |
Zuckerman, Jeffrey, 1987- translator.
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Evenson, Brian, 1966- writer of introduction.
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| Added Title |
Terminus radieux. English.
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| ISBN |
9781940953526 (paperback) |
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1940953529 (paperback) |
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