Requiem for a Soldier
Published on 14. July 2015
192 pages
978-1-908276-59-9 (ISBN)
Description
In the vast Kazakh steppes of the crumbling Soviet Empire, Alyosha has finished his army service and is promised a gift from his deaf commander: an everlasting steel tooth. As he waits for it in the infirmary, he agrees to help out a medical officer, and they set out on a journey that takes them all the way to the kingdom of the dead. Oleg Pavlov's kaleidoscope of a tale is peopled with soldiers and prisoners, hoboes and refugees and mice that steal medicines. Their surreal inner world is vividly reflected in Pavlov's expressive prose, reminiscent of Platonov. Poetic, tragic and darkly comic, the novel is at once a grotesque portrayal of late Soviet reality and an apocalyptic allegory that has drawn comparisons with Faulkner and Kafka.
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Language
English
Place of publication
High Wycombe
United Kingdom
File size
1,01 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-908276-59-9 (9781908276599)
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Genesis
- The Eternal Tooth
- A New Day in the Old Style
- Where There's Death, There's Life
- Apples of Paradise
- Dwellers in the Dust
- The Long Farewell
- On the Road
- The Living to the Living
- Note to the Reader
- Current and Upcoming Books
- About the Author
