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Peter Aleshkovsky was born in 1957 and graduated some two decades later from Moscow State University. He worked for several years as an archaeologist in Central Asia and as a historical preservationist in the Russian North before turning full-time to literature in the mid-1990s. He has authored a dozen books and first attained literary success with "Stargorod," followed by the works "Seagulls"; "Skunk: A Life" (translated into English by Glas); "Vladimir Chigrintsev", "The Institute for Dreams" and "The Other Side of the Moon". Aleshkovsky has thrice been short-listed for the Russian Booker Prize, most recently in 2006, for "Fish: A History of One Migration", which was published in 2010 by Russian Life Books. In 2016 he won the Russian Booker for his novel Krepost (The Fortresss).
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FROM PETER ALESHKOVSKY, WINNER OF THE 2016 RUSSIAN BOOKER PRIZE comes this tantalizing novel about the Russian world that is at once profound, humorous, mystical and fabulistic. A novel in stories that is a tribute to Russian provincial life, Stargorod is a modern heir to Gogol’s Mirgorod tales. Celebrating the power of story, character and fantasy to make worlds come alive, Aleshkovsky’s work is divided into two parts – the first set in 1990, the second set two decades later, in 2010. The result is a rich, funny, memorable portrait of Russia before, during and after the recent Transformation.
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- PublisherRussian Information Services
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1880100800
- ISBN 13 9781880100806
- BindingBroché
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Book Description Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'Stargorod is emphatically not big.' So begins Peter Aleshkovsky's profound, humorous, mystical and poetic novel in stories - a tribute to Russian provincial life that is a modern heir to Gogol's Mirgorod tales. Stargorod is a mid-sized provincial city that exists only in Russian metaphorical space. It has its roots in Gogol, and Ilf and Petrov, and is a place far from Moscow, but close to Russian hearts. It is a place of mystery and normality, of provincial innocence and Black Earth wisdom. Strange, inexplicable things happen in Stargorod. So do good things. And bad things. A lot like life everywhere, one might say. Only with a heavy dose of vodka, longing and mystery. Peter Aleshkovsky's writing is vivid and descriptive. His rich, character-driven stories are allegorical and representative of their time and place. In Stargorod, he shows why he is one of modern Russia's most beloved realistic writers, and why he has been thrice nominated for Russia's most prestigious literary prize. Stargorod is a novel in stories, two novels, actually. The first collection of stories (Stargorod: Voices from the Choir) was written and published in Russian the 1990s, the second (The Institute of Dreams) in the 2010s. This new translation collects both sets of stories into a single whole of 50+ tales about individuals and incidents that, taken as a whole, offer a vivid portrait of Russia before and after the collapse of the USSR. The stories and characters link to one another across time and space, filling out a portrait of Russian life outside the capital, one that normally exists far from Western eyes. Seller Inventory # 9781880100806
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