Dorogobuzh
5 hrs. 18 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Boris Leybov
Author
Boris Leybov
Narrator
Yegor Fedotov
Narrator
Yegor Fedotov
Description
"Dorogobuzh" by Boris Boris Leibo(w) makes you remember the historical fantasy of Alexey Ivanov and Vladimir Sorokin’s dystopias—sharp, uncompromising like Alexey Salnikov’s prose, and mysterious like the novels of Alexander Ilichevsky.
A small Smolensk town, Dorogobuzh, unexpectedly becomes the point where eras collide: a cruel Smolensk prince with a squadron of flying hussars wages war on Muscovy; mermaids happily talk to people and move from the past to the future; a cache of ancient coins is hidden in a house standing in the middle of revolutionary turmoil; Russian gangsters travel to Crimea and later end up in Great Britain.
The novel has everything a good modern prose should have: metaphorical realism, an incredible combination of the incompatible, drive and suspense—and yet something elusive, but always felt at the very finest level.
A small Smolensk town, Dorogobuzh, unexpectedly becomes the point where eras collide: a cruel Smolensk prince with a squadron of flying hussars wages war on Muscovy; mermaids happily talk to people and move from the past to the future; a cache of ancient coins is hidden in a house standing in the middle of revolutionary turmoil; Russian gangsters travel to Crimea and later end up in Great Britain.
The novel has everything a good modern prose should have: metaphorical realism, an incredible combination of the incompatible, drive and suspense—and yet something elusive, but always felt at the very finest level.
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