The Slynx, with its comical, tragical, post-nuclear holocaust setting, is a satirical blast, a linguistically inventive glimpse of a future nobody wants to see. — Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered. It is impossible to communicate adequately the richness, the exuberance, and 4/5(85). · The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya is a Russian dystopian novel. Set two hundred years after some kind of nuclear accident or blast, a government scribe named Benedikt lives in what was Moscow. Moscow is now called Fyodor-Kuzmichsk, after its dictator bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins. · The slynx is thus less mythic than symbolic: it's the beast in man. Tolstaya enriches this mordant farce with a wealth of weird supporting detail reminiscent of Anthony Burgess's futuristic classic A Clockwork Orange. An ending note informs us that The Slynx was written between and , and it's easy to see why. A densely woven,Brand: New York Review Books.
Tatyana Tolstaya's powerful voice is one of the best in contemporary Russian literature. She wrote many a commentary on modern-day Russia for the New York Review of Books before moving back to Moscow to complete her first novel, The Slynx. Tolstaya is a descendant of the great Leo Tolstoy but that might be beside the point. О книге "The Slynx" Tatyana Tolstaya's powerful voice is one of the best in contemporary Russian literature. She wrote many a commentary on modern-day Russia for the New York Review of Books before moving back to Moscow to complete her first novel, The Slynx. Tolstaya is a descendant of the great Leo Tolstoy but that might be beside the. The Slynx is a post-apocalyptic/dystopian novel by Tatyana Nikitichna Tolstaya (Татья́на Ники́тична Толста́я) the granddaughter of author Alexey Tolstoy, that is larded with literary erferences and allusions.. The novel is set two centruries after civilization collapsed in an event known to the variously mutated residents of a future Moscow as as the Blast.
The Slynx, written by Tatyana Tolstaya and published by New York Review Books in , is a post modern post-apocalyptic science fiction novel. The book focuses on the life of Benedikt, a copyist. The slynx is thus less mythic than symbolic: it's the beast in man. Tolstaya enriches this mordant farce with a wealth of weird supporting detail reminiscent of Anthony Burgess's futuristic classic A Clockwork Orange. An ending note informs us that The Slynx was written between and , and it's easy to see why. A densely woven. The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya, Jamey Gambrell (Translator) · Rating details · 4, ratings · reviews Two hundred years after civilization ended in an event known as the Blast, Benedikt isn't one to complain.
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