Death and the Penguin
(Sprache: Englisch)
All that stands between one man and murder by the mafia is a penguin.
Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although Viktor would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for a...
Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although Viktor would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for a...
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All that stands between one man and murder by the mafia is a penguin.Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although Viktor would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for a newspaper. He longs to see his work published, yet the subjects of his obituaries continue to cling to life. But when he opens the newspaper to see his work in print for the first time, his pride swiftly turns to terror. He and Misha have been drawn into a trap from which there appears to be no escape.
'A tragicomic masterpiece' Daily Telegraph
'A black comedy of rare distinction and the penguin is an invention of genius' Spectator
WITH A FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR
Autoren-Porträt von Andrey Kurkov
Andrey Kurkov is a writer, journalist, and the current president of PEN Ukraine. He was born in St Petersburg in 1961. Having graduated from the Kiev Foreign Languages Institute, he worked for some time as a journalist, did his military service as a prison warder in Odessa, then became a writer of screenplays and author of critically acclaimed and popular novels, including the bestselling Death and the Penguin. Kurkov has long been a respected commentator on Ukraine for the world's media, notably in the U.K., France, Germany, and the United States.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Andrey Kurkov
- 2024, 256 Seiten, Maße: 12,9 x 19,8 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Random House UK Ltd
- ISBN-10: 178487907X
- ISBN-13: 9781784879075
- Erscheinungsdatum: 04.07.2024
Sprache:
Englisch
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