The Silver Bone: Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024: The Kyiv Mysteries
Autor Andrey Kurkov Traducere de Boris Dralyuken Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 mar 2024
"Andrey Kurkov is often called Ukraine's greatest living writer, and it is a gift for crime fiction fans that he writes in this genre" New York Times
"A very intriguing and atmospheric novel by a highly accomplished writer . . . A fascinating read in the light of contemporary events" Alexander McCall Smith, Bestselling Author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Kyiv, 1919. The Soviets control the city, but White armies menace them from the West. No man trusts his neighbour and any spark of resistance may ignite into open rebellion.
When Samson Kolechko's father is murdered, his last act is to save his son from a falling Cossack sabre. Deprived of his right ear instead of his head, Samson is left an orphan, with only his father's collection of abacuses for company.
Until, that is, his flat is requisitioned by two Red Army soldiers, whose secret plans Samson is somehow able to overhear with uncanny clarity. Eager to thwart them, he stumbles into a world of murder and intrigue that will either be the making of him - or finish what the Cossack started.
Inflected with Kurkov's signature humour and magical realism, The Silver Bone takes inspiration from the real life archives of crime enforcement agencies in Kyiv, crafting a propulsive narrative that bursts to life with rich historical detail.
Translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781529426496
ISBN-10: 1529426499
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 231 x 152 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Quercus Books
Colecția MacLehose Press
Seria The Kyiv Mysteries
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1529426499
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 231 x 152 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Quercus Books
Colecția MacLehose Press
Seria The Kyiv Mysteries
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
The first in a fine new series . . . Andrey Kurkov is often called Ukraine's greatest living writer, and it is a gift for crime fiction fans that he writes in this genre
Told with black humour and great narrative brio
Witty and enjoyable, Boris Dralyuk's translation is playful and subtle . . . It promises rich storytelling in future instalments
Translated from the Russian by poet Boris Dralyuk, Kurkov's prose is brisk but capacious, with a quiet flair . . . And though it is clear-eyed in its depiction of war's sheer senselessness, The Silver Bone has an unusual poetic lightness too
A delightfully dark novel - refreshing, unique, comical
Original and intriguing. Relocates the historical crime novel somewhere between Kafka and The Twilight Zone
Rich and compulsive, a modern classic in the making
A Kyiv torn to pieces by WWI provides the backdrop for this fascinating series launch . . . With its earthy prose and stunning attention to detail, this stands apart
Wildly enjoyable . . . A glorious aural portrait of a city in dangerous flux . . . I finished The Silver Bone wishing to read more
A masterpiece
A gripping historical thriller set in Kyiv in the aftermath of the Russian revolution . . . A book that has all the hallmarks of Kurkov at his best
Told with black humour and great narrative brio
Witty and enjoyable, Boris Dralyuk's translation is playful and subtle . . . It promises rich storytelling in future instalments
Translated from the Russian by poet Boris Dralyuk, Kurkov's prose is brisk but capacious, with a quiet flair . . . And though it is clear-eyed in its depiction of war's sheer senselessness, The Silver Bone has an unusual poetic lightness too
A delightfully dark novel - refreshing, unique, comical
Original and intriguing. Relocates the historical crime novel somewhere between Kafka and The Twilight Zone
Rich and compulsive, a modern classic in the making
A Kyiv torn to pieces by WWI provides the backdrop for this fascinating series launch . . . With its earthy prose and stunning attention to detail, this stands apart
Wildly enjoyable . . . A glorious aural portrait of a city in dangerous flux . . . I finished The Silver Bone wishing to read more
A masterpiece
A gripping historical thriller set in Kyiv in the aftermath of the Russian revolution . . . A book that has all the hallmarks of Kurkov at his best
Notă biografică
Born near Leningrad in 1961, Andrey Kurkov was a journalist, prison warder, cameraman and screenplay writer before becoming a novelist. Death and the Penguin, his first novel to appear in English, was an international bestseller and has been translated into forty-two languages. In addition to his fiction for adults and children, he has become a commentator and journalist reporting on Ukraine for the international media. He lives in Kyiv with his British wife and their three children.