Beetle in the Anthill

7 hrs. 53 min.

Language Russian

Authors Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

Author Arkady Strugatsky

Author Boris Strugatsky

Narrator Svetlana Raskatova

Maxim Kammerer (the hero of the novella “A Repaired Island”) works on Earth for the Commission for Control (COMCON-2). One day his boss, Rudolf Sikorsky, gives him an assignment: find on Earth Lev Abalkin, a progressor. Abalkin has witnessed a murder and has a mental spasm. The search leads Maxim to a mystery of Abalkin’s identity. At the same time, Abalkin himself tries to understand what has been hidden from him his entire life. They will inevitably meet. What will happen when all secrets are revealed?

The Strugatsky brothers’ novella “A Bug in the Anthill” is about the relationship between humanity and the safety of society. It’s a story in which questions matter far more than answers. For decades, readers have been deciding for themselves: whose side to take in the tragedy of Lev Abalkin?

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