| A Ring in a Case Contributor(s): Aleshkovsky, Yuz (Author), Miller, Jane Ann (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0810111381 ISBN-13: 9780810111387 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1995 Annotation: Finished in 1992 and set in post-Gorbachev Moscow, this is the first novel to explore the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of Russia after perestroika. A Ring in a Case details the religious and moral regeneration of Helium Revolverovich Serious, a specialist in scientific atheism who begins to doubt his lack of belief in God when he becomes plagued by demons. His subsequent meditations reflect the essential philosophical questions posed throughout Russian literature and illuminate the collapse of contemporary Russian society. A Ring in a Case offers an invaluable assessment from the vantage point of the system's collapse. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95010115 |
| Series: Contemporary South Asia; 1 |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.09" W x 8.35" (0.92 lbs) 249 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Set in post-Gorbachev Moscow, A Ring in a Case is the first novel to explore the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of Russia after perestroika. Helium Revolverovich Serious, a specialist in scientific atheism, begins to doubt his lack of belief in God when he becomes plagued by demons. His meditations reflect the philosophical questions posed throughout Russian literature and illuminate the collapse of Russian society. |