Apocalyptic Realism
The Science Fiction of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Published on 5. January 2021
Book
Hardback
194 pages
978-1-64469-452-7 (ISBN)
Description
The brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky have been Russia's most popular science fiction writers since their first publication appeared in 1959. The enormous and consistent popularity of their works over three decades of fluctuating political and literary conditions is all the more interesting when one considers that their primary readership has been the Russian scientific-technical intelligentsia-a sector of society whose values and attitudes were instrumental in transforming the Soviet Union. This lively and original study of the Strugatskys' development as writers and as spokesmen for a generation of Russian scientists is as timely as it is unique. It is also the first English language study of the Strugatskys' previously unpublished novels.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Brighton
United States
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64469-452-7 (9781644694527)
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Yvonne Howell is Professor of Russian and International Studies at the University of Richmond. She teaches courses on twentieth and twenty-first century Russian literature, Soviet culture and civilization, and Russian and East European science fiction.