Fairy Tale
Jun 2027 · Random House
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The most pleasurable novel yet from the iconoclastic Russian author: a playful, postmodern homage to classic Russian literature and fairy tales
Fourteen-year-old Ivan, survivor of a nuclear war, spends his days combing garbage dumps for sustenance and treasure. When one day he unearths a revolting but magical talisman, he is transported to an enchanted cave, inhabited by the spirits of three great Russian writers: Lev, Fyodor and Dostoyevsky. They promise to grant him three wishes - but first he must pass through three trials.
If Ivan can get through each of these trials, the spirits promise him, his old life will be restored... he will be with his family once more.
The most pleasurable novel yet from the iconoclastic Russian author: a playful, postmodern homage to classic Russian literature and fairy tales
Fourteen-year-old Ivan, survivor of a nuclear war, spends his days combing garbage dumps for sustenance and treasure. When one day he unearths a revoltin...
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About the author
Vladimir Sorokin (Author)
Vladimir Sorokin was born in a small town outside Moscow in 1955. He trained as an engineer but turned to art and writing, becoming a major presence in the Moscow underground of the 1980s. His work was banned in the Soviet Union, and his first novel, The Queue, was published in France in 1985. In 1992, Their Four Hearts was shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize; in 1999, the publication of the controversial novel Blue Lard led to public demonstrations against the book; in 2001, Sorokin received the Andrei Bely Award for outstanding contributions to Russian literature; in 2013, The Blizzard was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. His most recent novel is Berlin Adenauerplatz. He lives in Berlin.
Max Lawton (Translator)
Max Lawton is a writer, musician and translator. He has been translating Sorokin’s works since 2016, and his translation of Michael Lentz’s Schattenfroh won the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize. His debut novel Progress is forthcoming from Verso in 2027. He lives in Los Angeles, where, when he isn’t writing, he plays heavy metal and noise music.
Vladimir Sorokin was born in a small town outside Moscow in 1955. He trained as an engineer but turned to art and writing, becoming a major presence in the Moscow underground of the 1980s. His work was banned in the Soviet Union, and his first novel, The Queue, was published in France in 1985. In 1992, Their Four Hearts was shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize; in 1999, the publication of the controversial novel Blue Lard led to public demonstrations against the book; in 2001, Sorokin received the Andrei Bely Award for outstanding contributions to Russian literature; in 2013, The Blizzard was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. His most recent novel is Berlin Adenauerplatz. He lives in Berlin.
Max Lawton (Translator)
Max Lawton is a writer, musician and translator. He has been translating Sorokin’s works since 2016, and his translation of Michael Lentz’s Schattenfroh won the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize. His debut novel Progress is forthcoming from Verso in 2027. He lives in Los Angeles, where, when he isn’t writing, he plays heavy metal and noise music.
Vladimir Sorokin (Author)
Vladimir Sorokin was born in a small town outside Moscow in 1955. He trained as an engineer but turned to art and writing, becoming a major presence in the Moscow underground of the 1980s. His work was banned in the Soviet Union, and his first novel, The Queue, was publ...
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