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Rabbits and Boa Constrictors, a novel by Fazil Iskander (1982, 1987)
Published by: Estonia - Perioodika (1989), Croatia - Svjetlost (1989), Czech Republic - Jonathan Livingston (2017), France - Rivages (1990), Italy - Atmosphere libri (2013), Spain - Círculo de Lectores (1991), USA - Ardis (1989), Overlook Press (2014)
A humorous tale about the deteriorating relations between two groups: the rabbits and boa constrictors, Iskander's novella, like Animal Farm, is also a humorous critique of power.
The L.A. Times says "Iskander takes a worthy place in the tradition of Russian satirists, the Gogol of DEAD SOULS, the Nabokov of LOLITA."
This novel originally appeared in Russian in the West in 1982.
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DO I HAVE NO REGRETS, a novel by Vladimir Sharov
Rights sold: Russia - LIMBUS
The novel is a tale of a family whose path is closely intertwined with the fate of Russia in the twentieth century. Similar to A Trace in the Footprint, the novel follows the changing atmosphere in Russia during periods of inner turmoil – the Civil War, collectivization, the Great Patriotic War, and the dissolution of the USSR. At the forefront of Do I Have No Regrets is a family trying to find their place between a series of social and political upheavals. Critics were largely satisfied with the great attention Sharov paid to historical detail in this work.
In Russia, the novel sold over 20,000 copies.
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