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by Tolstaya (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade) (1 Feb 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0618124977
  • ISBN-13: 978-0618124978
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.8 x 2.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 845,340 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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& quot; As tragic as it is funny, as upsetting as it is hopeful, The Slynx is a brilliant and fearless portrait of Russia, a nation cursed by its rulers and blessed by its literature. Count Tatyana Tolstaya is one of those blessings.& quot; --Gary Shteyngart, author of The Russian Debutante's Handbook


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In the ruins of Moscow two centuries after the apocalypse, inhabitants dwell in primitive, frequently brutal conditions in which mice are a source of food, clothing, and commerce and books are banned by the ruling tyrant.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Strange and Beautiful, 28 Feb 2008
By T. R. Cowdret "Tommy C" (Nottingham England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Slynx (New York Review Books Classics) (Paperback)
There is a wonderfully ominous air hanging over this entire work. Tolstaya describes her anti-utopian vision of a Russian future where all the culture of hundreds of years has been destroyed in 'the blast'. Obviously some thinly-veiled satirical comment here.
Mostly this book is wonderfully executed, with searingly beautiful and creepy passages offset by some real comic moments. I wasn't sure about the ending by any means, however.
Certainly one to look out for - there are some really interesting comparisons to be made between this book and Zamyatin's 'We'.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Gills and the word, Glorybe, 11 Jun 2007
This review is from: The Slynx (New York Review Books Classics) (Paperback)
Two hundred years ago, "The Blast" finished off civilization as we know it, and the remaining inhabitants are mutants who have lost the ability to make fire. In this novel of books, freaks and slapstick, Tolstaya explores all that is monstrous and grotesque in humanity.
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