| Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies: A Novella and Stories Contributor(s): Kalfus, Ken (Author) |
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ISBN: 1571310290 ISBN-13: 9781571310293 Publisher: Milkweed Editions OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1999 Annotation: The award-winning author of "Thirst" plucks individual lives from a century of Russian history and serves them up in tales that range from hair-raising to comic to fabulous. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Fantasy - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99018183 |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.74" W x 8.74" (1.17 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this new book of fiction, Ken Kalfus plucks individual lives from the stew of a century of Russian history and serves them up in tales that range from hair-raising to comic to fabulous. The title story follows a nuclear power plant worker as he hawks a most unusual package on the black market - a canister of weapons-grade plutonium (Pu-239). Budyonnovsk skewers the relationship between Moscow and Chechnya. Salt is an economic fairy tale, featuring kings, princesses, and swiftly melting currencies. The novella Peredelkino traces the fortunes of an editor and critic during the liberalizing 1960s who faces, among other things, the prospect of reviewing historical fiction by one L. I. Brezhnev. |