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The Year of the Comet

The Year of the Comet

Lebedev, Sergei
Bouis, Antonina W.

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ISBN10: 193993141X
ISBN13: 9781939931412
Publisher: New Vessel Press
Published: Feb 14 2017
Pages: 245
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

Rich in textures, colors, sounds, and visual details ... The best of Russia's younger generation of writers. --The New York Review of Books

From the critically acclaimed author of Oblivion comes Year of the Comet, a story of a Russian boyhood and coming of age as the Soviet Union is on the brink of collapse. An idyllic childhood takes a sinister turn. Rumors of a serial killer haunt the neighborhood, families pack up and leave town without a word of warning, and the country begins to unravel. Policemen stand by as protesters overtake the streets, knowing that the once awe-inspiring symbols of power they wear on their helmets have become devoid of meaning. Lebedev depicts a vast empire coming apart at the seams, transforming a very public moment into something tender and personal, and writes with stunning beauty and shattering insight about childhood and the growing consciousness of a boy in the world.

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