{"product_id":"nikolai-nikolaevich-and-camouflage-9780231189675","title":"Nikolai Nikolaevich and Camouflage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYuz Aleshkovsky turned Soviet reality into mad monologues whose unhinged speakers revealed everyday and cosmic truths. These two novels display his vivid imagination and unmistakable voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Brodsky once noted that Aleshkovsky had a Mozartian ear for the Russian language, and \u003ci\u003eNikolai Nikolaevich\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), his first novel, as well as \u003ci\u003eCamouflage\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), his fourth – written the year before the author emigrated permanently to the US – are indeed virtuoso performances. . . . Staying faithful to Aleshkovsky’s foul-mouthed muse, White’s translation, edited by Fusso, mines the rich muck of anglophone cussing with evident glee, and the effect is delightful. -- Boris Dralyuk * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eRescued from the literary underground, these two historical novellas provide a coarse satirical insight into post-World War II Soviet dissatisfaction. Aleshkovsky emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1979 as an infamous writer of imaginative dissident fiction. . . . Through his two scurrilous antiheroes, Aleshkovsky laughs at Russian society from the gutters of the Soviet underworld. * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eForget old myths about censored, obedient Soviet citizens, and meet Aleshkovsky’s wildly enterprising and emphatically free-thinking protagonists who don’t hesitate to use colorful language to make a point about body politics, the scientific use of semen, and other absurdities of modern life. -- Yvonne Howell, University of Richmond\u003cbr\u003eCompletely irreverent — in the best possible way. Underneath the biting satire and the unrelenting hilarity, Yuz Aleshkovsky's rapid-fire prose reveals intricate insights into late Soviet politics, culture, science, and daily life. The deeply problematic narrators of both novellas will introduce you to a Soviet Union you hadn't suspected existed. -- Michael Gordin, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003eYuz Aleshkovsky is absolutely brilliant. These outstanding English translations of two of his early works offer readers a chance to encounter his idiosyncratic, occasionally profane, and thoroughly remarkable voice. -- Derek C. Maus, State University of New York at Potsdam\u003cbr\u003eThanks to the author’s vision and the translator’s talent, the text survives its emigration. * Los Angeles Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eThey hold up reasonably well even long after the fall of the regime. * The Complete Review *\u003cbr\u003eThanks to White’s remarkable translation, Aleshkovsky’s \u003ci\u003eNikolai Nikolaevich\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCamouflage \u003c\/i\u003emay well become an inevitable part of the curriculum. * Slavic Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, by Susanne Fusso\u003cbr\u003eNikolai Nikolaevich\u003cbr\u003eCamouflage\u003cbr\u003eNotes","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400334909783,"sku":"9780231189675","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nikolai-nikolaevich-and-camouflage-9780231189675","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}