Day of the Oprichnik
Author | : Vladimir Sorokin |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2018-11-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780241355121 |
ISBN-13 | : 0241355125 |
Rating | : 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Download or read book Day of the Oprichnik written by Vladimir Sorokin and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haunting, terrifying and hilarious, The Day of the Oprichnik is a dazzling novel and a fierce critique of life in the New Russia Moscow 2028: Andrei Danilovich Komiaga, oprichnik, member of the czar's inner circle of trusted courtiers, rouses himself from a drunken stupor and prepares for another day of debauchery, violence, terror and beauty. In this New Russia, futuristic technology combine with the draconian world of Ivan the Terrible to create a dystopia chillingly akin to reality. Over the twenty-four-hour span of the novel, Komiaga will rape, pillage and torture, in the name of the czar he fears and adores. Shimmering with invention, fierce social commentary and razor-sharp wit, Day of the Oprichnik imagines a near future too disturbing to contemplate and too close to reality to ignore.