The Blizzard

Vladimir Sorokin, Jamey Gambrell

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Penguin
15 November 2018

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

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

A darkly comic dystopian odyssey, from one of Russia's leading contemporary novelists

Garin, a country doctor, is desperately trying to reach the village of Dolgoye, where a mysterious epidemic is transforming the villagers into zombies. He has with him a vaccine which will prevent the spread of this epidemic, but a terrible blizzard turns his journey into the stuff of nightmare. A trip that should take hours turns into a metaphysical odyssey, in which he encounters strange beasts, apparitions, hallucinations and dangerous fellow men. Trapped in this existential storm, Sorokin's characters fight their way through a landscape that owes as much to Chekhov's 19th-century Russia as it does to near-future, post-apocalyptic literature. Fantastical, comic and richly drawn, The Blizzard at once answers to the canon of Russian writers and makes a fierce statement about life in contemporary Russia.

By: Vladimir Sorokin
Translated by: Jamey Gambrell
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 145g
ISBN: 9780241355138
ISBN 10: 0241355133
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 November 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active