The Island of Crimea
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (915 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0394727657 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 369 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation)
The book The Island of Crimea written by Vassily Aksyonov consist of 369 pages. It published on 2016-09-22. This book available on paperback format but you can read it online or even download it from our website. Just follow the simple step.
"Pain of the generation" according to o_cassidi@yahoo.com. This book by Aksyonov is definately nowhere near "crap" like some reader wrote . Ironically , the same reader refferes to A.Rybakov ( !!! ) as a "good Russian modern author". Well , I guess the same reader preffers Pat Boone over Elvis too . Pity, pity, pity on that reader . The Island ( like most of Aksyonov's works ) has a great deal of pain and tortured social and civic selves of the . An excellent book on multiple levels 1. Fun to read 2. Amazingly prescient -- anticipates CNN, constant media coverage, etc. before these were ever invented in the West -- how someone in state-censored Russia could have anticipated and described it is a wonder. 3. An excellent satire, not just of Russian and communist mores and values, but also of Western mores and values as well. An excellent book on multiple levels Al B. 1. Fun to read 2. Amazingly prescient -- anticipates CNN, constant media coverage, etc. before these were ever invented in the West -- how someone in state-censored Russia could have anticipated and described it is a wonder. 3. An excellent satire, not just of Russian and communist mores and values, but also of Western mores and values as well. 4. It was haunting to read this book just a. . It was haunting to read this book just a. Interesting concept, very flawed execution Peter LaPrade Aksyonov's "Island of Crimea" has an interesting premise. What if Crimea were an island, instead of a peninsula. Further more, what if Crimea was the only area of Greater Russia to hold out against the Reds, and become a multiethnic "free" zone? Set in an alternate 1970s, The Island is a international hotbed of capitalism(like Hong Kong of old), but many want to rejoin Russia, under an i