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Synopsis
There are any number of reasons for going to Moscow in the year 2042. One woman on the flight hopes to be cured of cancer; a fellow Russian aims to restore the monarchy. I'm on my way, with several vodkas inside me, to satisfy my needling curiosity. Of course the price of the ticket was the problem. If New Times magazine hadn't paid all expenses for the story I'd still be in Stockdorf...Having overcome several surprising obstacles (including a brief kidnapping and a dalliance in Toronto) the exiled Soviet writer Kartsev launches himself on an adventure that is bawdy and outrageous. With a cast of characters that includes a KGB agent disguised in lederhosen and another wirier in exile - the towering, moralizing, authoritarian Sim Simych Karnalov - he takes us into the bizarre Soviet Union f the 21st Century. Marx's vision has reached absurd proportions and Communism has become a parody of itself - there is even a Bureauof Natural Functions and a Palace of Love. From encounters in Moscow's seedier quarters to confrontations with the Keepers of the Kremlin, Kartsev's escapades are hilarious. Moscow 2042 is an unprecedented merging of reality and the imagination. It is profoundly penetrating and timely, a dazzling display of wit and wisdom and surely one of the most memorable works of comic literature.
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About the Author
ladimir Voinovich was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1980. His Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ian Chonkin, Pretender to the Throne and Ivankiad are among the most probing satire sin any language. Moscow 2042 is his first novel written in exile, He now lives in Stockdorf, West Germany.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0224025325
- ISBN 13 9780224025324
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages424
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Moscow 2042
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Jonathan Cape, London, U.K., 1988
ISBN 10: 0224025325
ISBN 13: 9780224025324
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Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Hardcover. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 424 pages. The dust jacket has a bit of wear, scuffs on the edges, a small tear on the back, and foxing on the inside flaps. The page edges are somewhat tanned and foxed, and are the first and last few pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Seller Inventory # 170172
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Moscow 2042
Published by
Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1988
ISBN 10: 0224025325
ISBN 13: 9780224025324
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First Edition
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Ralph Steadman (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear and creasing to top and bottom of largely brick red jacket and spine, spine very very slightly faded, corners bruised, some slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (£11.95), old bookplate to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 424pp. There are any number of reasons for going to Moscow in the year 2042. One woman on the flight hopes to be cured of cancer, a fellow Russian aims to restore the monarchy. I'm on my way, with several vodkas inside me, to satisfy my needling curiosity. Of course the price of the ticket was the problem. If New Times magazine hadn't paid all expenses for the story I'd still be in Stockdorf, Having overcome several surprising obstacles (including a brief kidnapping and a dalliance in Toronto) the exiled Soviet writer Kartsev launches himself on an adventure that is bawdy and outrageous. With a cast of characters that includes a KGB agent disguised in lederhosen and another wirier in exile, the towering, moralizing, authoritarian Sim Simych Karnalov, he takes us into the bizarre Soviet Union of the 21st Century. Marx's vision has reached absurd proportions and Communism has become a parody of itself, there is even a Bureau of Natural Functions and a Palace of Love. Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich (1932-2018), was a Russian writer and former Soviet dissident. Among his most well known works are the satirical epic 'The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin' and this dystopian 'Moscow 2042'. He was forced into exile and stripped of his citizenship by Soviet authorities in 1980 but later rehabilitated and moved back to Moscow in 1990. After the fall of the Soviet Union, he continued to be an outspoken critic of Russian politics under the rule of Vladimir Putin. Luckily for him, he died before Putin's recent outrages in Ukraine. A scarce book. Seller Inventory # 011570
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