2017 - Olga Slavnikova, Ольга Славникова • BookLikes (ISBN:5969706167)

2017

by: Olga Slavnikova (author) Ольга Славникова (author)

Format: hardcover

ISBN: 9785969706163 (5969706167)

Publish date: 2008

Publisher: Вагриус

Pages no: 528

Edition language: Russian

Category:

Science Fiction, Literature, Cultural, Russia, Russian Literature, Female Authors

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2017 won the Russian Booker Prize in 2006. I received an Early Reviewer copy of the about-to-be-released first English Translation. Not normally a fan of Russian literature (loving Gorky Park Martin by Cruz Smith is about as close as I come), I decided to take a flyer on it. It had the promise of ...

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text 2017: A Novel

Turgid, dull-as-a-doorknob prose and opaque plot characterize this prize-winning novel. I tried to read this- I really did, and I wanted to like it, but it was nearly impossible to read. Every attempt I made ended in failure or a nap. It reads like a rough draft and just didn't hold my attention. B...

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