About the Introducer:
Will Evans is the executive director and publisher of Deep
Vellum Publishing, a not-for-profit literary publisher of
translated books based in Dallas, Texas.
About the Introducer:
Max Seddon is the Moscow correspondent for Financial Times.
He has reported widely in Russia and the rest of the former Soviet
Union.
“A brisk read that will nevertheless leave one with a disquieting
picture of contemporary life in that cursed country . . . The book
is a hilarious and heartbreaking portrait of a country whose demons
rarely pause in tormenting its populace, as its author found out
before it was even published.”
—The Chicago Tribune
“A fierce political satire skewering [Kashin’s] homeland . . . Both
acidulous and wildly entertaining; Gary Shteyngart fans will
embrace.”
—Library Journal
“The ridiculous sci-fi dystopia nestled within the garish pink
cover bares more than a slight similarity to Russia under Putin
and, with new stories of corruption in the Kremlin making the front
page of international news sites each month, it has never been more
topical . . . Fardwor, Russia! is wonderfully strange and
fantastically frightening, a gruesome yet hilarious tale of genetic
engineering gone awry, combined with a grim political parable of
the danger of power in the wrong hands. A ludicrous satire with a
serious twist—Fardwor, Russia! is a must read those with an
interest in Russian politics, or fans of science fiction that
borders on the ridiculous.”
—Engineering & Technology
“In Fardwor, Russia!, Kashin succeeds at depicting the absurdity
and corruption of 21st-century Russia.”
—Daniel Kalder, The Dallas Morning News
“Intertwining the mystical essence of science fiction and the humor
of political satire, Fardwor, Russia! is an allegorical tale of
contemporary Russian life. Human error from reckless
experimentation produces a growth serum that sets off a comedy of
errors as farcical as it is descriptive about the temptations of
absolute power.”
—World Literature Today
“A highly topical satirical fiction . . . A documentation of our
times, dressed in the circus costume of fantasy, written by one of
our era’s most eloquent and inquisitive witnesses.”
—Sasha Filipova, TimeOut St. Petersburg
“Compelling and gruesome . . . Excellent translation . . . Its plot
is rewardingly absurd . . . Enjoyable.”
—openDemocracy Russia
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