{"product_id":"blizzard-paperback","title":"Blizzard - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the 2016 PEN Translation Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditor's Choice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling, utterly distinctive saga from the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003einternationally\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e celebrated and controversial novelist Vladimir Sorokin, \"the shock jock of Russian letters\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarper's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Vladimir Sorokin [is] Russia's most inventive contemporary author . . . [Gambrell's] translation is as elegant, playful and layered as the original.\" --Masha Gessen, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGarin, a district doctor, is desperately trying to reach the village of Dolgoye, where a mysterious epidemic is turning people into zombies. He carries with him a vaccine that will prevent the spread of this terrible disease, but is stymied in his travels by an impenetrable blizzard. A trip that should last no more than a few hours turns into a metaphysical journey, an expedition filled with extraordinary encounters, dangerous escapades, torturous imaginings, and amorous adventures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrapped in an existential storm, Vladimir Sorokin's characters fight their way across a landscape that owes as much to Chekhov's Russian countryside as it does to the postapocalyptic terrain of science fiction. Hypnotic, fascinating, and richly drawn, \u003ci\u003eThe Blizzard\u003c\/i\u003e is a seminal work from one of the most inventive authors writing today. Sorokin has created yet another boldly original work, which combines an avant-garde sensibility with a taste for the absurd and the grotesque, all while delivering stinging truths about contemporary life and modern-day Russia.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370458743007,"sku":"9780374610364","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/BLiw7DEwhk9780374610364.webp?v=1789161377","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/blizzard-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}