Sorokin, Vladimir
Blue Lard
- ISBN 13:
- 9781681378183
- author:
- Sorokin, Vladimir
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- New York Review of Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 368
- Dimensions:
- 20 x 12.6 x 2.2 centimetres (0.3
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Political, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Blue Lard is a dystopian novel that defies conventions. Published in 1999, it has become a notorious work of Russian literature, sparking controversy and outrage upon its release. The book's central premise is both fascinating and unsettling: genetic scientists clone famous Russian writers, who then produce texts in the style of their forebears, with the ultimate goal of harnessing the mysterious blue lard that accumulates in their backs. This substance, known as blue lard, is to be used to power reactors on the moon, but it falls into the wrong hands, and a sect of devout nationalists steals it, planning to send it back in time to an alternate version of the Soviet Union. The novel's dark and visceral intensity is captured in this key work, translated by Max Lawton into English for the first time.
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