U.R. Bowie's new book is about to be published, SOON, SOON SOON.
Here are the blurbs from the back cover:
Дисамбигуации
U.R. Bowie has a broad and deep grasp of
Russian history, culture, the mindset of the Russian people. These stories
plumb the vital, bloody landscapes of our sad, but ever fascinating and vital
country, exploring the ineffables at the heart of Russia, yet seeking answers
to questions universal to all humankind.
…Arkady
Sinepuzov
Leningrad District Herald
You read and reread these tales and you
find yourself in that peculiar Russian frame of mind that lets you hold two
contradictory positions simultaneously—the one fighting against the other!
…Lawrence
Wolfson
The
Russian Revanchist
In these pages Russian people grapple
with identity, try to understand the past and negotiate hope, faith, life. Why
is this so hard to do? Because although the country is one thousand years old
nobody has ever implemented any hard and fast rules for living. Or somebody is
always changing the rules! They take away God from the people, they say God
does not exist. Then, one fine sunny day, after Communism has evaporated into
thin air, they make an announcement: “By the way, people, we’re giving God back
to you today. Enjoy.”
…Slava
Sanin
Notes
from a Russian Rathole
Throughout the third and longest novella
in this collection, The Leningrad
Symphony, Shostakovich’s music plays in the background score. But the three
novellas themselves are presented in the form of three movements of a musical
piece. The opening movement (“Exhumation”) states the themes, the second
movement (“Disambiguation”) explores the meaning and permutations of those
themes, and the final movement (“The Leningrad Symphony”) recognizably returns
to echo the first two movements, while, simultaneously, informed by all that
has come before.
...Gennady
Aristov
Myisamisusami
Review
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