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230 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781590176702
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Publication date: 03 December 2013
Description
An NYRB Classics Original Winner of the 2014 PEN Translation Prize Winner of the 2014 Read Russia PrizeThe stakes are wildly high in Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's fantastic and blackly comic philosophical fables, which abound in nested narratives and...
Community Reviews Summary of 106 reviews
Moods
mysterious 66%
challenging 50%
funny 50%
dark 33%
adventurous 16%
informative 16%
Pace
slow 33%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 50% | A mix: 33% | Character: 16%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 50% | No: 16% | N/A: 16% | Yes: 16%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 66% | No: 16% | Yes: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 80% | N/A: 20%Flaws of characters a main focus?
It's complicated: 66% | No: 16% | Yes: 16%Average rating
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230 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781590176702
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Publication date: 03 December 2013
Description
An NYRB Classics Original Winner of the 2014 PEN Translation Prize Winner of the 2014 Read Russia PrizeThe stakes are wildly high in Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's fantastic and blackly comic philosophical fables, which abound in nested narratives and...
Community Reviews Summary of 106 reviews
Moods
mysterious 66%
challenging 50%
funny 50%
dark 33%
adventurous 16%
informative 16%
Pace
slow 33%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 50% | A mix: 33% | Character: 16%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 50% | No: 16% | N/A: 16% | Yes: 16%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 66% | No: 16% | Yes: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 80% | N/A: 20%Flaws of characters a main focus?
It's complicated: 66% | No: 16% | Yes: 16%Average rating
Content Warnings
This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!
If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.