Patent AV

13 hrs. 23 min.

Language Russian

Author Lagin Lazar

Narrator Andrey Kurilov

Description

A fantastic novel by Lazăr Lagin: an elixir of progress or a weapon of power?

This science-fiction novel will hit you with issues that remain relevant even today—how progress can become an instrument of manipulation, and how good intentions can turn into catastrophe in a world ruled by greed and power.

“Patent ‘AВ’” is a fantastic novel written by Lazăr Lagin in 1946. The scientist Stephen Popf develops an elixir capable of accelerating the growth of animals and plants. With it, in the fictional state of Аржантайе, they will fight poverty and hunger. News of this incredible scientific discovery spreads across the country, and the greedy Primo Padrele plans to seize the elixir by any lawful and unlawful means—it will not only make Padrele rich, but also create a obedient army of adult people with the consciousness of a child.