Name: The Blizzard: A Novel
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Author: Sorokin, Vladimir ; Gambrell, Jamey
ISBN: 9780374610364

Type

Physical Book

Author

Vladimir Sorokin

Translated by

Jamey Gambrell

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.1 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN13

9780374610364

Synopsis "The Blizzard: A Novel "

Long-listed for the 2016 PEN Translation PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice A dazzling, utterly distinctive saga from the internationally celebrated and controversial novelist Vladimir Sorokin, the shock jock of Russian letters (Harper's). Vladimir Sorokin [is] Russia's most inventive contemporary author . . . [Gambrell's] translation is as elegant, playful and layered as the original. --Masha Gessen, The New York Times Book Review Garin, a district doctor, is desperately trying to reach the village of Dolgoye, where a mysterious epidemic is turning people into zombies. He carries with him a vaccine that will prevent the spread of this terrible disease, but is stymied in his travels by an impenetrable blizzard. A trip that should last no more than a few hours turns into a metaphysical journey, an expedition filled with extraordinary encounters, dangerous escapades, torturous imaginings, and amorous adventures. Trapped in an existential storm, Vladimir Sorokin's characters fight their way across a landscape that owes as much to Chekhov's Russian countryside as it does to the postapocalyptic terrain of science fiction. Hypnotic, fascinating, and richly drawn, The Blizzard is a seminal work from one of the most inventive authors writing today. Sorokin has created yet another boldly original work, which combines an avant-garde sensibility with a taste for the absurd and the grotesque, all while delivering stinging truths about contemporary life and modern-day Russia.

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