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Moscow Stations (Hardcover)

by Venedikt Erofeev (Author), Stephen Mulrine (Translator)
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  • Hardcover: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber; New edition edition (19 Jan 1998)
  • ISBN-10: 0571192041
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571192045
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 548,264 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Yerofeev was born inside the Arctic Circle in 1938 and died of throat cancer in 1990. Until a few years before his death, this autobiographical novel - a monument to the Soviet Union in decline - circulated in typescript and rarely moved beyond a few major cities.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Russian existentialism at it's very best!, 13 Aug 2004
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I love this novel. It is probably my favourite ever read. This is a short read by a seemingly little known author, Venedict Yerofeev, but he really packs this fantastic novel full. The best I can do to conjure up an impression of what this is like is to say it combines Dostoyevsky's insight and guile, Millers' lust for life and wreckless outlook and Bulgakov's dark and hilarious satire. The setting is a train journey across Russia and as the train nears it's destination, the narrator descends further and further into a dream-like delirium, between the realms of sanity and madness, happiness and depression, ecstasy and death.

If I could grumble about this book in any way it would simply be that it must stand alone as it is the only pubished work by this underrated genius.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Alcoholic Roller-Coaster, 25 Jul 2000
By Shahar Even-Dar (Tel-Aviv, Israel) - See all my reviews
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First of all I should comment that I did not read the english translation of the book and I cannot testify as to its level. My review is based on reading the book in hebrew. However, since I think this book is a must for every book lover I decided to post this review anyway.

This autobiographical novel is a sharp critique of Soviet horrors, Lennin's follies and the human spirit. Centered around a short train ride from Moscow to a nearby town, the book is broken into chapters titled by the station names. The book itself is a colourful mixture of vivid description of the writers' co-travellers, philosophical and psychological reflections, fragmental memories, and above all massive consumption of alcohol (varying from beer and vodka to eau de cologne based cocktails), all written in delicate prose relying on unbelievable depths of cultural background embedded with gems of dark humour.

This book should be read by everyone.

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A dark, yet enlightening journey, 26 May 2001
A train journey through a soul-crushing system, seen through alcohol-tinted eyes. At once subversive, sad and funny, this book ranks alongside The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic translation
This is the most excellent translation of an unusual novel. It capturesthe spirit of Erofeyev's tragi-comedian style perfectly.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sad and thought provoking
Parts of this book make you laugh and other parts stop you in your tracks and you want to cry. In many ways it reminds me of Catcher in the Rye, only this book is somehow deeper... Read more
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