Aleksandr Zinovyev (1922–2006)
Autor(a) de The Yawning Heights
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Image credit: Alexandre Zinoviev (1922-1986)
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Ela! 3 exemplares
Мой дом - моя чужбина 1 exemplar
Нашей юности полет 1 exemplar
余計者の告白〈上〉 1 exemplar
Lo slancio della nostra giovinezza 1 exemplar
La maison jaune : récit romantique en quatre parties avec avertissement et morale. Tome premier (1980) 1 exemplar
Les hauteurs béantes 1 exemplar
La maison jaune T2 1 exemplar
La maison jaune T1 1 exemplar
La Maison jaune. Récit romantique en quatre parties avec avertissement et morale. Tome second 1 exemplar
Cime abissali Volume primo (stampa 1977) 1 exemplar
Cime abissali 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Zinovyev, Aleksandr
- Nome legal
- Zinovyev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
Зиновьев, Александр Александрович - Data de nascimento
- 1922-10-29
- Data de falecimento
- 2006-05-10
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Russia
- Locais de residência
- Pakhtino, Kostromo Oblast, Russian Federation
Moscow, Russia
Munich, Bavaria, Germany - Educação
- Moscow State University (1951)
- Ocupações
- logician
sociologist
writer
philosopher
satirist - Organizações
- Russian Army (WW II)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 59
- Membros
- 514
- Popularidade
- #48,284
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Críticas
- 5
- ISBN
- 97
- Línguas
- 10
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
A massive tome of anti-communist satire with an annoying, perhaps even horrifying, amount of relevance today. I thought it might be smaller on the inside as it had a decent sized font and margins but its actually bigger on the inside.
Made up of small chunks of genuine sociology, little scenes of life and a ton of satire. Most pieces are only a page or two with maybe some extensions to 4 or 5 pages towards the end.
If i arbitrarily divide it in 4, the first quarter is the funniest and lightest. A perfect blend of high and low-brow humour mostly revolving around the building of a latrine.
The second quarter is the hardest, a lot of heavy sociology although most is given a dumbed down explanation or examples aswell.
The third part feels the most personal. It made me wonder who the people behind the satire really were and made me miss the fact that i know so little about soviet russia.
The last quarter is the darkest. Dealing with the most brutal aspects of communism aswell as projecting into a future where the great Ism has taken over the world, hence my putting it on my dystopia shelf.
Having divided it in 4 let me go back and say that those are only the broad outlines and theres a constant intermixing of comic sketches and deep thoughts.
Reminded me of Dilbert :lol, with its incompetent leadership and frustrating bureaucracy in which talent is stifled and stupidity rewarded. Dilbert, if your boss could also have you killed :( .
Its a LOT and really depressing ;) , but i'm still giving it 4 stars, which is worth a lot more than 4 stars spread over 250 pages :P .
"What fantasies, what myths define
The dreams that sooth my brow?...
...The scientist who's in control?
...The footballer who scores a goal?
Must we on them rely?
Alas, there is no other choice.
The fairy tale has died,
Their heroes vanished, stilled their voice,
There's nothing left beside."… (mais)