Ubyr. Dilogy
20 hrs. 12 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Shamil Idiatullin
Author
Shamil Idiatullin
Narrator
Shamil Idiatullin
Narrator
Shamil Idiatullin
A novel acclaimed as the best in the "Mysticism & Horror of the Year" category by the magazine "World of Fiction" introduces us to heroes who face an ancient monster from Tatar myths—the ubir. This ominous creature appears once every thousand years to feed on human flesh.
Shamil Idiyatullin, a well-known prose writer and journalist, winner of the "Big Book" award, is the author of works such as "It’s Too Late to Be Afraid," "Brezhnyev City," "Formerly Lenin," "For the Older One," "Recent Times," and others. His novel "Ubir" received the International Vladislav Krapivin Prize and was the first laureate of the "New Horizons" award.
"Ubir. A Dilogy" is a mystical thriller in which the fates of ordinary people intertwine with creatures from Tatar folklore. The book raises themes of family relationships, the memory of ancestors, growing up, and the struggle between life and death.
Ubir is an inexorable and terrible character from ancient tales: it emerges from the forest once every thousand years to destroy everything in its path, and no one remembers how to defeat it.
Nail, an ordinary teenager from Kazan, is pulled into this nightmare: he runs away from the city together with his younger sister and finds himself in a world of dark forests, swamps, witches, and ancient rituals. It depends on him whether they will be able to return home and save their loved ones and their city.
The novel expertly uses elements of Tatar mythology, making the image of the ubir incredibly terrifying and inevitable. The question of whether you should read the book doesn’t even arise, because ubirs are a unique and terrifying creature in Russian folklore.
The book is one of the most significant fantasy works of the 21st century, and it could be proudly recommended to Lovecraft—even if he knew nothing about Tatars, ubirs, or Russia’s outback.
In addition, the book includes two author’s epilogues devoted to folklore characters and the Tatar language.
Shamil Idiyatullin, a well-known prose writer and journalist, winner of the "Big Book" award, is the author of works such as "It’s Too Late to Be Afraid," "Brezhnyev City," "Formerly Lenin," "For the Older One," "Recent Times," and others. His novel "Ubir" received the International Vladislav Krapivin Prize and was the first laureate of the "New Horizons" award.
"Ubir. A Dilogy" is a mystical thriller in which the fates of ordinary people intertwine with creatures from Tatar folklore. The book raises themes of family relationships, the memory of ancestors, growing up, and the struggle between life and death.
Ubir is an inexorable and terrible character from ancient tales: it emerges from the forest once every thousand years to destroy everything in its path, and no one remembers how to defeat it.
Nail, an ordinary teenager from Kazan, is pulled into this nightmare: he runs away from the city together with his younger sister and finds himself in a world of dark forests, swamps, witches, and ancient rituals. It depends on him whether they will be able to return home and save their loved ones and their city.
The novel expertly uses elements of Tatar mythology, making the image of the ubir incredibly terrifying and inevitable. The question of whether you should read the book doesn’t even arise, because ubirs are a unique and terrifying creature in Russian folklore.
The book is one of the most significant fantasy works of the 21st century, and it could be proudly recommended to Lovecraft—even if he knew nothing about Tatars, ubirs, or Russia’s outback.
In addition, the book includes two author’s epilogues devoted to folklore characters and the Tatar language.
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