Requiem for a Soldier [electronic resource]
Oleg Pavlov2015
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In the vast Kazakh steppes of the crumbling Soviet Empire, Alyosha has finished
his army service and is promised a gift from his deaf commander: an everlasting
steel tooth. As he waits for it in the infirmary, he agrees to help out a
medical officer, and they set out on a journey that takes them all the way to
the kingdom of the dead. Oleg Pavlov's kaleidoscope of a tale is peopled with
soldiers and prisoners, hoboes and refugees and mice that steal medicines. Their
surreal inner world is vividly reflected in Pavlov's expressive prose,
reminiscent of Platonov. Poetic, tragic and darkly comic, the novel is at once a
grotesque portrayal of late Soviet reality and an apocalyptic allegory that has
drawn comparisons with Faulkner and Kafka.
Main title:
Requiem for a Soldier [electronic resource] / Oleg Pavlov
Author:
Oleg Pavlov, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : And Other Stories, 2015
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1 online resource (1 text file) (1036311.0 Bytes)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781908276599
Language:
English
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BRN:
452082
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