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This masterful novel represents an epic literary attempt to examine a very troubled Russia. In one of the first twenty-first century Russian novels to probe the legacy of the Soviet prison-camp system, a young man travels to the vast wastelands of the Far North to uncover the truth about a shadowy neighbor who saved his life and whom he knows only as Grandfather II. What he finds, among the forgotten mines and decrepit barracks of former gulags, is a world relegated to oblivion, where it is easier to ignore both the victims and the executioners than to come to terms with a terrible past. This disturbing tale evokes the great and ruined beauty of a land where man and machine worked in tandem with nature to destroy millions of lives during the Soviet century. Emerging from today’s Russia, where the ills of the past are being forcefully erased from public memory, this masterful novel represents an epic literary attempt to rescue history from the brink of oblivion.
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Summary
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Finalist for the 2017Â Best Translated Book Award
A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2016
This masterful novel represents an epic literary attempt to examine a very troubled Russia.
In one of the first twenty-first century Russian novels to probe the legacy of the Soviet prison-camp system, a young man travels to the vast wastelands of the Far North to uncover the truth about a shadowy neighbor who saved his life and whom he knows only as Grandfather II. What he finds, among the forgotten mines and decrepit barracks of former gulags, is a world relegated to oblivion, where it is easier to ignore both the victims and the executioners than to come to terms with a terrible past.
This disturbing tale evokes the great and ruined beauty of a land where man and machine worked in tandem with nature to destroy millions of lives during the Soviet century. Emerging from today’s Russia, where the ills of the past are being forcefully erased from public memory, this masterful novel represents an epic literary attempt to rescue history from the brink of oblivion.
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Editorial Reviews
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Metaphors, Similes, and Bleakness
- Let’s start with the accolades. Lebedev’s handle on language and ability to write rich metaphors and similes is superb. This is where the praise ends for me. When it comes to metaphors and similes, the author beats the listener over the head with them. This book is super-weak on plot and character development. At its best, this book is pretty and filled with a bleak and dreary perspective all-too reminiscent of the likes of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. This certainly fits well for the subject matter, but it would be nice to find a book set in Russia that is sunny and optimistic for once. In this sense, Oblivion, as beautifully written as it is, feels old and worn out much like the villages and people the author describes
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Available Formats : | Digital Download, Digital Rental, CD, MP3 CD |
Category: | Fiction/Literary |
Runtime: | 9.80 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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