Dead Lake
| Autor: | Hamid Ismailov |
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| EAN: | 9781908670199 |
| eBook Format: | ePUB |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | eBook |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 15.02.2014 |
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A haunting Russian tale about the environmental legacy of the Cold War. Yerzhan grows up in a remote part of Kazakhstan where the Soviets tests atomic weapons. As a young boy he falls in love with the neighbours daughter and one evening, to impress her, he dives into a forbidden lake. The radio-active water changes Yerzhan. He will never grow into a man. While the girl he loves becomes a beautiful woman. Why Peirene chose to publish this book: Like a Grimms Fairy tale, this story transforms an innermost fear into an outward reality. We witness a prepubescent boys secret terror of not growing up into a man. We also wander in a beautiful, fierce landscape unlike any other we find in Western Literature. And by the end of Yerzhans tale we are awe-struck by our human resilience in the face of catastrophic, man-made, follies. Meike Ziervogel
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