Death and the Penguin

Andrey Kurkov, George Bird

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Russian

Harvill
15 June 2002

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

In today's Ukraine, all that stands between one man and murder by the mafia is a penguin.

Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although Viktor would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for a newspaper. He longs to see his work published, yet the subjects of his obituaries continue to cling to life. But when he opens the newspaper to see his work in print for the first time, his pride swiftly turns to terror. He and Misha have been drawn into a trap from which there appears to be no escape.

By: Andrey Kurkov
Translated by: George Bird
Imprint: Harvill
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 171g
ISBN: 9781860469459
ISBN 10: 1860469450
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 June 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

ANDREY KURKOV, born in St Petersburg in 1961, now lives in Kiev. Having graduated from the Kiev Foreign Languages Institute, he worked for some time as a journalist, did his military service as a prison warder at Odessa, then became a film cameraman, writer of screenplays and author of critically acclaimed and popular novels including Death and the Penguin.

Reviews for Death and the Penguin

A tragicomic masterpiece * Daily Telegraph * The deadpan tone works perfectly and it will be a hard-hearted reader who is not touched by Viktor's relationship with his unusual pet * The Times * A black comedy of rare dinstinction and the penguin is an invention of genius * Spectator * A chilling black comedy * Guardian * A striking portrait of post-Soviet isolation... In this bleak moral landscape Kurkov manages to find ample refuge for his dark humour * New York Times *