{"product_id":"the-slynx-paperback","title":"The Slynx - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTatyana Tolstaya\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJamey Gambrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew in Paperback\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A postmodern literary masterpiece.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo hundred years after civilization ended in an event known as the Blast, Benedikt isn't one to complain. He's got a job--transcribing old books and presenting them as the words of the great new leader, Fyodor Kuzmich, Glorybe--and though he doesn't enjoy the privileged status of a Murza, at least he's not a serf or a half-human four-legged Degenerator harnessed to a troika. He has a house, too, with enough mice to cook up a tasty meal, and he's happily free of mutations: no extra fingers, no gills, no cockscombs sprouting from his eyelids. And he's managed--at least so far--to steer clear of the ever-vigilant Saniturions, who track down anyone who manifests the slightest sign of Freethinking, and the legendary screeching Slynx that waits in the wilderness beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tatyana Tolstaya's \u003ci\u003eThe Slynx\u003c\/i\u003e reimagines dystopian fantasy as a wild, horripilating amusement park ride. Poised between Nabokov's \u003ci\u003ePale Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and Burgess's \u003ci\u003eA Clockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Slynx\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly inventive and shimmeringly ambiguous work of art: an account of a degraded world that is full of echoes of the sublime literature of Russia's past; a grinning portrait of human inhumanity; a tribute to art in both its sovereignty and its helplessness; a vision of the past as the future in which the future is now.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Leningrad, \u003cb\u003eTatyana Tolstaya\u003c\/b\u003e comes from an old Russian family that includes the writers Leo and Alexei Tolstoy. She studied at Leningrad State University and then moved to Moscow, where she continues to live. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003ePushkin's Children: Writings on Russia and Russians\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJamey Gambrell\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer on Russian art and culture. Her translations include Marina Tsvetaeva's \u003ci\u003eEarthly Signs: Moscow Diaries 1917--1922 \u003c\/i\u003eand Vladimir Sorokin's \u003ci\u003eIce\u003c\/i\u003e, published by NYRB Classics on December 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 7.96 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701190660159,"sku":"9781590171967","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e5d3c38a0365e1b5fdf40d22c1aabe29.webp?v=1765019682","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-slynx-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}