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A Matter of Death and Life by Andrey Kurkov
Category: Fiction
Marital troubles? Sick of life? Suicide the answer? Why not get yourself a contract killer? Nothing easier, provided you communicate only by phone and box number. You give him your photograph, specify when and where to find you, then sit back and prepare to die. Murdered, you will be of greater interest ...Show more
Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov
Category: General Fiction | Series: Melville International Crime
A masterful tale set in post-Soviet Kiev that's both darkly-funny and ominous... In the widely hailed prequel to "Penguin Lost," aspiring writer Viktor Zolotaryov leads a down-and-out life in poverty-and-violence-wracked Kiev--he's out of work and his only friend is a penguin, Misha, that he rescued whe ...Show more
Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov
Category: Fiction | Series: Panther Ser.
In today's Ukraine, 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 he would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for a newspaper. He longs to see his work publishe ...Show more
Diary of an Invasion by Andrey Kurkov
Category: History
This journal of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine is a collection of Andrey Kurkov's writings and broadcasts from Kyiv.
Diary of an Invasion by Andrey Kurkov
Category: Biography
This journal of the invasion, a collection of Andrey Kurkov's writings and broadcasts from Kyiv, is a remarkable record of a brilliant writer at the forefront of a 21st-century war. Andrey Kurkov has been a consistent satirical commentator on his adopted country of Ukraine. His most recent work, Grey B ...Show more
Gardener from Ochakov by Andrey Kurkov
Category: Fiction
Igor walks along in the old Soviet policeman's uniform, confident that he'll have the best costume at the party. But Igor hasn't gone far before he realises something is wrong. The streets are unusually dark and empty, and the only person to emerge from the shadows runs away from him in terror. After a ...Show more
Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov
Category: Fiction
Ukraine's most famous novelist dramatises the conflict raging in his country through the adventures of a mild-mannered beekeeper. From the author of the bestselling Death and the Penguin."A latter-day Bulgakov . . . A Ukrainian Murakami" - Phoebe Taplin, GuardianLittle Starhorodivka, a village of three ...Show more
Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov
Category: Fiction
Ukraine's most famous novelist dramatises the conflict raging in his country through the adventures of a mild-mannered beekeeper. From the author of the bestselling Death and the Penguin."A latter-day Bulgakov . . . A Ukrainian Murakami" - Phoebe Taplin, GuardianLittle Starhorodivka, a village of three ...Show more
Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov; Boris Dralyuk (Translator)
Category: Fiction
Ukraine's most famous novelist dramatises the conflict raging in his country through the adventures of a mild-mannered beekeeper. From the author of the bestselling Death and the Penguin. "A latter-day Bulgakov . . . A Ukrainian Murakami" - Phoebe Taplin, Guardian Little Starhorodivka, a village of th ...Show more
Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv by Andrey Kurkov
Category: Fiction
"Both a pleasure and a testament to life in Ukraine, before" Sunday Times"Ukraine's greatest living novelist" New European"A Ukrainian Murakami" GuardianA love letter to the beautiful city of Lviv, by the author of Death and the Penguin and Grey Bees.Strange things are afoot in the cosmopolitan city of ...Show more