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The Blizzard

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The Blizzard

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Author: Vladimir Sorokin
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015
Original Russian publication, 2010
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Book Type: Novel
Genre: Science-Fiction / Fantasy / Horror
Sub-Genre Tags: Weird (Horror)
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Long-listed for the 2016 PEN Translation Prize

A dazzling, utterly distinctive saga from Russia's most celebrated and most controversial novelist.

Garin, 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.

Trapped 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, The Blizzard 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.


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