Day of the Oprichnik: A Novel (Penguin Modern Classics)

By: Vladimir Sorokin

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Synopsis: Haunting, terrifying and hilarious, The Day of the Oprichnik is a dazzling novel and a fierce critique of life in the New RussiaMoscow 2028: Andrei Danilovich Komiaga, oprichnik, member of the czar's inner circle of trusted courtiers, rouses himself from a drunken stupor and prepares for another day of debauchery, violence, terror and beauty. In this New Russia, futuristic technology combine with the draconian world of Ivan the Terrible to create a dystopia chillingly akin to reality. Over the twenty-four-hour span of the novel, Komiaga will rape, pillage and torture, in the name of the czar he fears and adores. Shimmering with invention, fierce social commentary and razor-sharp wit, Day of the Oprichnik imagines a near future too disturbing to contemplate and too close to reality to ignore.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780241355121
Related ISBNs:: 9780241355114
Publisher:: Penguin Books Ltd
Date of Addition:: 11/01/18
Copyrighted By:: Penguin Random House UK
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.