The Queue (New York Review Books Classics)

The Queue (New York Review Books Classics)
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Vladimir Sorokinâ€™s first published novel, The Queue, is a sly comedy about the late Soviet â€œyears of stagnation.â€ Thousands of citizens are in line for . . . nobody knows quite what, but the rumors are flying. Leather or suede? Jackets, jeans? Turkish, Swedish, maybe even American? It doesnâ€™t matterâ€“if anything is on sale, you better line up to buy it. Sorokinâ€™s tour de force of ventriloquism and formal daring tells the whole story in snatches of unattributed dialogue, adding up to nothing less than the real voice of the people, overheard on the street as they joke and curse, fall in and out of love, slurp down ice cream or vodka, fill out crossword puzzles, even go to sleep and line up again in the morning as the queue drags on.
Country USA
Brand New York Review Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781590172742
ReleaseDate 2008-10-07
EANs 9781590172742

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