{"product_id":"9780241355138","title":"The Blizzard","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Sorokin, Vladimir\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 1 November 2018 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Modern Classics' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e200 x 132 x 12 | 150g\u003cp\u003eA darkly comic dystopian odyssey, from one of Russia's leading contemporary novelistsGarin, a country doctor, is desperately trying to reach the village of Dolgoye, where a mysterious epidemic is transforming the villagers into zombies. He has with him a vaccine which will prevent the spread of this epidemic, but a terrible blizzard turns his journey into the stuff of nightmare. A trip that should take hours turns into a metaphysical odyssey, in which he encounters strange beasts, apparitions, hallucinations and dangerous fellow men. Trapped in this existential storm, Sorokin's characters fight their way through a landscape that owes as much to Chekhov's 19th-century Russia as it does to near-future, post-apocalyptic literature. Fantastical, comic and richly drawn, The Blizzard at once answers to the canon of Russian writers and makes a fierce statement about life in contemporary Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sorokin, Vladimir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465430143160,"sku":"9780241355138","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780241355138.jpg?v=1734758362","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780241355138","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}