ISBN: 0930523458
ISBN13: 9780930523459
The Queue
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ISBN13: 9780930523459
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A read copy that remains in clean condition.
Book Overview
Vladimir Sorokin's first published novel, The Queue , is a sly comedy about the late Soviet "years of stagnation." Thousands of citizens are in line for . . . nobody knows quite what, but the rumors are flying. Leather or suede? Jackets, jeans? Turkish, Swedish, maybe even American? It doesn't matter-if anything is on sale, you better line up to buy it. Sorokin's tour de force of ventriloquism and formal daring tells the whole story in snatches of unattributed dialogue, adding up to nothing less than the real voice of the people, overheard on the street as they joke and curse, fall in and out of love, slurp down ice cream or vodka, fill out crossword puzzles, even go to sleep and line up again in the morning as the queue drags on. This description may be from another edition of this product.
- Format:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- ISBN:
- 0930523458
- ISBN13:
- 9780930523459
- Publisher:
- Readers International
- Length:
- 150 Pages
- Weight:
- 0.44 lbs.
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Customer Reviews
This book is a MUST
If you're wondering how people lived and survived in the Soviet Union, or if you just want to read a book full of innovations (in terms of style) and bitter humor, this book is for you. I read it in both in Russian and in English and either way, it's great! The whole book is in form of dialogue, which makes it easy to read and to follow (sometimes). It includes a sex scene... only dialog, no descriptions, one of the most powerful scenes i've read. Your mind has to produce images while your eyes see phrases, of cource, it's the same with the rest of the book. Sorokin's style in The Queue is much milder than what he has now, less postmodernism, more realism, but the format is simply outstanding. I recommend this book to all beginning writers and people who enjoy a nice well-written book once in a while....
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