Fardwor, Russia!: A Fantastical Tale of Life Under Putin

Author(s): Oleg Kashin

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When a scientist experimenting on humans in a sanatorium near Moscow gives a growth serum to a dwarf oil mogul, the newly heightened businessman runs off with the experimenter's wife and a series of mysterious deaths and crimes commences. Fantastical and wonderfully strange, this political parable has an uncanny resonance with today's Russia under Putin. A witty, playful, brave and incisive work that blends science fiction with political satire, Fardwor, Russia! Is a must-read about contemporary Russia and the hilarious and frightening follies of power.

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About the Author: Born in 1980 in Kaliningrad, Russia, Oleg Kashin is one of Russia's most famous journalists and political commentators. A former navigator in the Russian Navy and current opponent of Putin, he was severely beaten nearly to death by assailants connected to the Russian government in November 2010, two months after he submitted "Fardwor, Russia! "to his publisher and two months before it went to print. In 2012 he received the Paul Klebnikov Fund Journalism Fellowship, which supports a period of professional development in New York City. Kashin is widely published in the U.S.; he regularly writes for "The" "New Republic" in English and has also written for "The" "New York Times." He has been profiled in "Foreign Policy "and "Open Democracy," among other English-language outlets. "Fardwor, Russia! "is his first work of fiction. He now lives in Switzerland. About the Translator: Will Evans is the executive director and publisher of Deep Vellum Publishing, a not-for-profit literary publisher of translated books based in Dallas, Texas.

General Fields

  • : 9781632060396
  • : Regan Arts
  • : Restless Books
  • : 0.223
  • : October 2015
  • : 210mm X 140mm
  • : United States
  • : January 2016
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Oleg Kashin
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 891.735
  • : bl2016000392
  • : 144