The Moscoviad by Vitaly Chernetsky
Fiction. Eastern European Studies. Translated from the Ukrainian by Vitaly Chernetsky. The literary dormitory at Moscow University becomes a kind of Russian Grand Hotel, serving the last supper of empire to a host of writers gathered from every corner of the continent, and beyond. Young poets from Vietnam, Mongolia, Yakutia, Uzbekistan, Russia, and Ukraine assemble to study, drink, frolic, and explore each other and the decaying city around them. When the supper turns into a bacchanal, who's surprised? 'The empire betrayed its drunks. And thus doomed itself to disintegration.' Part howl, part literary slapstick, part joyful dirge, charged with the brashness of youth, betraying the vision of the permanent outsider, Andrukhovych's novel suggests that literature really is news that stays news. Funny, buoyant, flamboyant, ground-breaking, and as revelatory today as when it was first published in Ukrainian, THE MOSCOVIAD remains a literary milestone. In spirit and intellectual brio Andrukhovych, whose irreverence makes Borat seem pious, is kin to the great Halldor Laxness and the venerable David Foster Wallace--Askold Melnyczuk.Yuri Andrukhovych was born in the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk in 1960. He is the co-editor of the journal Thursday and the author of numerous short tales and three volumes of poetry. Recreations is one of his other works.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781933132525 |
| ISBN 10 | 1933132523 |
| Title | The Moscoviad |
| Author | Vitaly Chernetsky |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Spuyten Duyvil |
| Year published | 2008-12-10 |
| Number of pages | 140 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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