So, I just couldn't get into this one.I really wanted to. Really, I did. I know it is supposed to be this magical politically satirical foray into Stalinist Russia. I know that it has a scathing social commentary. Honest. I'm a fan of absurdist political satire a la Vonnegut, but I just wasn't fe...
Having heard this had a talking cat amongst its main characters, I have been very reluctant to read it. (magical realism doesn't really do anything for me), .. Better late than never, though, to have found one of the best most original novels I have ever read.
I read a lot of Russian literature back in the day, but I no longer find any pleasure in the long-winded, nonsensical speeches that lard the story. This book, which was recommended to me by several very intelligent people, is like the unholy love child of Kafka and Dostoyevsky. The plot is surreal a...
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