Om on Ra
A satire about the Soviet space program finds Omon, who has dreamed of space flight all of his life, enrolling as a cosmonaut, only to learn that his task will be piloting a supposedly unmanned lunar vehicle to the moon and remaining there to die.
A satire about the Soviet space program finds Omon, who has dreamed of space flight all of his life, enrolling as a cosmonaut, only to learn that his task will be piloting a supposedly unmanned lunar vehicle to the moon and remaining there to die.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780374225926 (0374225923)
Publish date: July 1st 1996
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages no: 154
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
Cultural,
20th Century,
Contemporary,
Russia,
Russian Literature,
Modern,
Magical Realism,
Dystopia
Noen ganger blir man ferdig med en bok og tenker "Jeg må ha misforstått, det må være noe jeg har gått glipp av." Noen ganger er det visst ikke det.
There's so much to consider in this tiny book. I love it!
Pretty awesome. Huge personal plus as a direct consequence of bicycle references. I love the "light touch" of the imagery.
This book is the key to understand Pelevin.We're talking about a talented author who fills his novels with a thousand elements coming from Russian popular culture, literature, poetry, politics, history and much more. His pen often dances on the narrow line between geniality and presumption.At a firs...
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