Moscow to the End of the Line by Venedikt Erofeev

Moscow to the End of the Line by Venedikt Erofeev

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A satirical novel of alcohol, politics, Soviet society, and love. The story of a cable fitter who is fired from his job for charting his co-workers' jobs against the amount of alcohol they have consumed.

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Moscow to the End of the Line by Venedikt Erofeev

In this classic of Russian humor and social commentary, a fired cable fitter goes on a binge and hopes a train to Petushki (where his "most beloved of trollops" awaits). On the way he bestows upon angels, fellow passengers, and the world at large a magnificent monologue on alcohol, politics, society, alcohol, philosophy, the pains of love, and, of course, alcohol.
Venedikt Erofeev was born in 1938 and died in 1990 of throat cancer in a tragic parody of his autobiographical hero's fate. His fame rests essentially on the novel Moskva - Petushki, written in the 1970s and published in sixteen languages.

Stephen Mulrine is a Glasgow-born poet and playwright. His many translations from Russian range from the classic plays of Pushkin, Gogol, Ostrovsky, Turgenev and Chekhov, to contemporary works by Alexander Gelman and Lyudmila Petrushevskaya

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ISBN 13 9780810112001
ISBN 10 0810112000
Title Moscow to the End of the Line
Author Venedikt Erofeev
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Northwestern University Press
Year published 1995-03-31
Number of pages 196
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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