The Blizzard
  • Published:
    Dec-2015 (Hardcover)
    Nov-2018 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Historical
  • Pages:
    192
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A dazzling, utterly distinctive saga from Russia's most celebrated and most controversial novelist

Garin, a district doctor, is desperately trying to reach the village of Dolgoye, where a mysterious epidemic is turning people into zombies. He carries with him a vaccine that will prevent the spread of this terrible disease, but is stymied in his travels by an impenetrable blizzard. A trip that should last no more than a few hours turns into a metaphysical journey, an expedition filled with extraordinary encounters, dangerous escapades, torturous imaginings, and amorous adventures.

Trapped in an existential storm, Vladimir Sorokin's characters fight their way across a landscape that owes as much to Chekhov's Russian countryside as it does to the postapocalyptic terrain of science fiction. Hypnotic, fascinating, and richly drawn, The Blizzard is a seminal work from one of the most inventive authors writing today. Sorokin has created yet another boldly original work, which combines an avant-garde sensibility with a taste for the absurd and the grotesque, all while delivering stinging truths about contemporary life and modern-day Russia.
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EDITIONS
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    •  
    • Nov-2018
    • Penguin (UK)
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0241355133
    • ISBN13: 9780241355138
    •  
    • May-2022
    • Farrar, Straus and Giroux
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0374610363
    • ISBN13: 9780374610364
    • First Edition
    • Dec-2015
    • Farrar, Straus and Giroux
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0374114374
    • ISBN13: 9780374114374
    •  
    • Dec-2015
    • Farrar, Straus and Giroux
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Dec-2015
    • Farrar, Straus and Giroux
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0374709394
    • ISBN13: 9780374709396
    •  
    • Dec-2015
    • Penguin
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0241355141
    • ISBN13: 9780241355145



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