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Kurkov Andrey - Jimi Hendrix Live In Lviv A Novel - Paperback
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Description: A bittersweet relic of a sunnier age . A joyous caper playful and ebullient shot through with magical twists and supernatural turns. Observer Longlisted for the International Booker Prize a Murakami - esque ode to the revered cultural capital of western Ukraine filled with a charming cast of eccentrics who together make up the beating heart of the city. Strange almost magical things are afoot in Lviv. Seagulls circle overhead while the passing breeze carries a briny whiff even though the coast is far away. A ragtag group of aging hippies gather around a mysterious grave in Lychakiv Cemetery. Among them are an ex - KGB officer and the old subversive he once spied upon. Soon Captain Ryabtsev and Alik Olisevych band together to uncover the source of the city's anomalies. Meanwhile across Lviv Taras a cab driver ferries kidney - stone patients over cobblestone streets in his ancient Opel Vectra. He's wooing Darka a woman who works nights at a currency exchange. The young lovers don t know it but their fate depends on the two lonely old men relics of a bygone era who will stop at nothing to save their city. Blending Shakespearean comedy with Andrey Kurkov's unique brand of black humor and vodka - fueled magic realism Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv is a postcard from a more optimistic era. Populated by a delightful cast of oddballs Kurkov's novel is an affectionate snapshot of a country finding itself and reclaiming its lost dreams twenty years after Soviet rule. Translated from the Russian by Reuben Woolley
Title: Jimi Hendrix Live In Lviv A Novel
Author(s): Kurkov Andrey
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063354548
Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/13/2024
Description: A bittersweet relic of a sunnier age . A joyous caper playful and ebullient shot through with magical twists and supernatural turns. Observer Longlisted for the International Booker Prize a Murakami - esque ode to the revered cultural capital of western Ukraine filled with a charming cast of eccentrics who together make up the beating heart of the city. Strange almost magical things are afoot in Lviv. Seagulls circle overhead while the passing breeze carries a briny whiff even though the coast is far away. A ragtag group of aging hippies gather around a mysterious grave in Lychakiv Cemetery. Among them are an ex - KGB officer and the old subversive he once spied upon. Soon Captain Ryabtsev and Alik Olisevych band together to uncover the source of the city's anomalies. Meanwhile across Lviv Taras a cab driver ferries kidney - stone patients over cobblestone streets in his ancient Opel Vectra. He's wooing Darka a woman who works nights at a currency exchange. The young lovers don t know it but their fate depends on the two lonely old men relics of a bygone era who will stop at nothing to save their city. Blending Shakespearean comedy with Andrey Kurkov's unique brand of black humor and vodka - fueled magic realism Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv is a postcard from a more optimistic era. Populated by a delightful cast of oddballs Kurkov's novel is an affectionate snapshot of a country finding itself and reclaiming its lost dreams twenty years after Soviet rule. Translated from the Russian by Reuben Woolley
Title: Jimi Hendrix Live In Lviv A Novel
Author(s): Kurkov Andrey
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063354548
Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/13/2024
