Samson Y Nadezhda / The Silver Bone - Paperback
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By award-winning author Andrei Kurkov, translated into forty-two languages and author of Death and the Pinguin and Grey Bees (Prix Médicis 2022).
"A post-soviet Kafka." --Daily Telegraph Kiev, 1919. The Bolsheviks have taken over the city and chaos reigns. In a weather of looting and daily murder, young Samson Kolechko loses his father and an ear at the hands of the Cossacks, and almost by accident becomes chief of the soviet police. His first dangerous case, which features a severed ear, a silver bone, and a suit of unusual size and exquisite English fabric, will immerse him into Kiev's mayhem and into the arms of Nadezhda, a fiery Bolshevik Samson will not be able to walk away from. With classic flair, full of twists, humor, and ingenuity, the new novel by the "best Ukrainian novelist alive" (New European) adds Samson Kolechko to the cast of great contemporary detectives, such as Quirke or Verhoeven.
Samson Y Nadezhda / The Silver Bone - Paperback
$24.95
by Andrei Kurkov (Author)
UN SHERLOCK HOLMES EN KIEV
Por el premiado Andréi Kurkov, traducido a cuarenta y dos idiomas y autor de Muerte con pingüino y Abejas grises (Premio Médicis 2022)
«Un verdadero page-turner .-Jochanan Shelliem, NDR Kultur
«Una novela deliciosa. [...] Como en Muerte con pingüino, Kurkov combina lo absurdo con lo ordinario, lo cómico con lo sórdido . -Isabelle Mandraud, Le Monde des Livres
«Un Kafka postsoviético . -Daily Telegraph
By award-winning author Andrei Kurkov, translated into forty-two languages and author of Death and the Pinguin and Grey Bees (Prix Médicis 2022).
"A post-soviet Kafka." --Daily Telegraph Kiev, 1919. The Bolsheviks have taken over the city and chaos reigns. In a weather of looting and daily murder, young Samson Kolechko loses his father and an ear at the hands of the Cossacks, and almost by accident becomes chief of the soviet police. His first dangerous case, which features a severed ear, a silver bone, and a suit of unusual size and exquisite English fabric, will immerse him into Kiev's mayhem and into the arms of Nadezhda, a fiery Bolshevik Samson will not be able to walk away from. With classic flair, full of twists, humor, and ingenuity, the new novel by the "best Ukrainian novelist alive" (New European) adds Samson Kolechko to the cast of great contemporary detectives, such as Quirke or Verhoeven.
Number of Pages: 328
Dimensions: 0.88 x 9.42 x 6.13 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: July 11, 2023
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