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The Troika (Paperback)

by Stepan Chapman (Author)
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: The Ministry of Whimsy Press (Oct 1997)
  • ISBN-10: 1890464023
  • ISBN-13: 978-1890464028
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.3 x 1.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,720,162 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Surreal story, 26 Jan 2008
By Mikko Saari (Tampere, Finland) - See all my reviews
What does a writer with too many ideas? Turns surreal, of course. The Troika, Chapman's debut, is filled to the brim with all sorts of ideas. If anything is possible, how can anything have meaning? Chapman's book avoids this trap, the fragments manage to make sense even if they're really odd.

The protagonists are an unlikely trio. There's Eva, an old Mexican woman. Alex is a jeep and Naomi a brontosaur. They're crossing a desert that seems to go on forever, and the reader is shown glimpses of their past in the form of strange, perhaps false memories, dreams and stories. There's an ending, but if the reader is looking for a proper plot, this book will be a disappointment.

I didn't love The Troika, but enjoyed it quite enough. The turns and twists are interesting and some of the stories paint pretty pictures of curious worlds. I can forgive the lack of plot and all the delusions for that, no problem! (Review based on the Finnish translation.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulist & Surrealist Masterpiece, 9 Jan 2008
By Mr. Matt G. Baish "mattgb" (Cheltenham, GL UK) - See all my reviews
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If you think `modern/conceptual art is rubbish` then you won't like this book one bit. However, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't agree that it is disjointed in any way - there is a continual narrative thread throughout the book. It 'jumps about' only in the sense that it uses dreams, faded/false memories and metaphor to tell the characters stories. It is also far from boring, although it will definitely not be everyone's cup of tea. If you liked this then I recommend you try John Clute's Appleseed; another masterpiece that, like The Troika, is misunderstood and IMHO misrepresented by readers who would be happier with something more mainstream with a 'proper' plot.
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1.0 out of 5 stars An okay ending but took too long to get there, 28 Jun 1998
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This was a story too long in the telling, too disjointed, hard to follow, and quite frankly boring. "Skimmed" alot of pages to find any story. A parable of humanity's life and death struggle to survive....yes; interesting....no! In condensed format would make a good comic book and would be more interesting.
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