The Snail on the Slope by Arkady Strugatsky

The Snail on the Slope by Arkady Strugatsky

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The Snail on the Slope by Arkady Strugatsky

The Snail on the Slope takes place in two distinct worlds. One is the Administration, an institution run by a surreal, Kafkaesque bureaucracy whose aim is to govern the forest below. The other is the Forest, a place of fear, weird creatures, primitive people, and violence. Peretz, who works at the Administration, wants to visit the Forest. Candide crashed in the Forest years ago and wants to return to the Administration. Their journeys are surprising and strange, and listeners are left to puzzle out the mysteries of these foreign environments. The Strugatskys themselves called The Snail on the Slope the most perfect and the most valuable of our works.
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ISBN 13 9781613737545
ISBN 10 1613737548
Title The Snail on the Slope
Author Arkady Strugatsky
Series Rediscovered Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Chicago Review Press
Year published 2018-08-01
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.