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Set in Gorbachev's Russia, The Anonymous Novel is a complex and compelling story of many varied characters dealing with the problems of change, coming to terms with the past and fretting about the future. Barbero manages that typically Italian trick of combining both humour and profundity, and his exceptional storytelling skill are even more clearly displayed than in this, his finest novel. The murder of Pashayev, a leading Muslim cleric in Azerbaijan, triggers a series of events. This is not a murder mystery, as the reader knows who the culprit is from the very beginning, whilst the other characters, including the investigating judge, never do, but there is nevertheless a tension - suspense even - that holds the reader, who is in any case fascinated but the breadth of the intellectual argument, the wit and the observation of human nature. Vitali Vitaliev has described this book as "a literary miracle - unique, witty and gripping. It reads like Bulgakov's prose somewhat modernised or even a careful and sensitive translation of one of the great Russian classics. It is stunningly authentic, and I cannot believe that the author and translator are NOT Russian...A book to savour and consume slowly. .."

About the Author :
Born in Turin in 1959, Alessandro Barbero is the author of four novels, and his Bella vita e guerre altrui di Mr. Pyle, gentiluomo (Milan: Mondadori, 1995) won the Premio Strega (roughly the Italian equivalent of the Booker) in 1996. The Anonymous Novel is the first of his fictional works to be translated into English, although they have long been translated into other languages. He also teaches medieval history and military history at the University of Eastern Piedmont in Vercelli. He has published many historical works, which are distinguished by his clear prose and faultless organisation of the principal arguments. Of note are Charlemagne. Father of a Continent (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004) and The Day of the Barbarians (London: Atlantic Books, 2007).

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"In the depiction of these changing times, Barbero's political intelligence is apparent. So, however, is his skill as a novelist, for he contrives to integrate the socio-political analysis into his story of imagined characters. It never obtrudes itself; yet you can't ignore or forget it... If you have any feeling for Russia or for the art of the novel, read this one. You will find it an enriching experience." - The Scotsman "He writes in a bright and breezy, satirical styles ... which leads the reader to believe that some Russian master had been leaning over his shoulder, guiding his hand." - The Herald


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780956056047
  • Publisher: Vagabond Voices
  • Publisher Imprint: Vagabond Voices
  • Height: 208 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Weight: 650 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0956056040
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: Italian
  • Series Title: No. 1 Changeling
  • Sub Title: Sensing the Future Torments
  • Width: 135 mm


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