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A review by scottishben
The Dead Lake by Hamid Ismailov
4.0
This is one of the most unique and memorable fantastical novellas to have been published in English in recent years and it is one of the strongest novellas Pereine Press has released.
Plenty happens in this but there is probably not enough action and too much eerie darkness and reality in this for many mainstream Fantasy fans but for those who are interested in a modern fable set in a part of the world (Kazakhstan) not many westerners know much about they are in for a treat.
Its a wonderful translation and the prose is poetic and yet also efficient and looks at the damaging consequences of nuclear testing and the arms race with USA on a remote part of the former USSR.
Plenty happens in this but there is probably not enough action and too much eerie darkness and reality in this for many mainstream Fantasy fans but for those who are interested in a modern fable set in a part of the world (Kazakhstan) not many westerners know much about they are in for a treat.
Its a wonderful translation and the prose is poetic and yet also efficient and looks at the damaging consequences of nuclear testing and the arms race with USA on a remote part of the former USSR.