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220 pages ; 19 cm |
| Summary |
When a scientist experimenting on humans in a sanatorium near Moscow gives a growth serum to a dwarf oil mogul, the newly heightened businessman runs off with the experimenters wife, and a series of mysterious deaths and crimes commences. Fantastical and wonderfully strange, this political parable has an uncanny resonance with todays Russia under Putin. Oleg Kashin is a famous Russian journalist and activist who, in 2010, was beaten to within an inch of his life by unknown assailants, in an attack most likely politically motivated by his reporting. The events ofFardwor, Russia! (the title is taken from a flag with a sloganzForward, Russia!ygone wrong) could seem grotesque, if they did not so eerily echo the absurd state of affairs in modern Russia. Under Putins regime, authors dare to criticize the state of affairs and affairs of the state only through veiled satireand even then, as Kashins experience shows, the threat of repercussions is real. A witty, playful, brave, and incisive work that blends science fiction with political satire,Fardwor, Russia! is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary Russiaor the hilarious and frightening follies of power. |
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Russia (Federation) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions -- 1991- -- Fiction.
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Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991- -- Fiction.
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Satire..
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Evans, Will, translator.
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fantastical tale of life under Putin |
| ISBN |
9781632060396 (pbk.) |
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1632060396 (pbk.) |
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