Moscow to the End of the Line

by Venedikt Erofeev, H. William Tjalsma

Overview

In this classic of Russian humor and social commentary, a fired cable fitter goes on a binge and hopes a train to Petushki (where his "most beloved of trollops" awaits). On the way he bestows upon angels, fellow passengers, and the world at large a magnificent monologue on alcohol, politics, society, alcohol, philosophy, the pains of love, and, of course, alcohol.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810112001
Publisher:	Northwestern University Press
Publication date:	07/01/1992
Series:	European Classics
Edition description:	Translated
Pages:	164
Sales rank:	502,912
Product dimensions:	5.12(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

VENEDIKT VASILYEVICH EROFEEV (also Benedict Yerofeyev, 1938-1990) was a noted Soviet-era Russian satirist. 

Editorial Reviews

"The comic high-water mark of the Brezhnev era." —David Remnick, Village Voice


"Linguistically, it is as intoxicating as Gogol. Erofeev's Russian is rich, expressive, multilayered: there are the crudest vulgarities next to some of the most poetic prose imaginable, and the work becomes epic." —World Literature Today

"Erofeev's delirium tremens journey is a tale of restless, hopeless alienation and yet it is soulful in the Russian manner. . . . The poignancy of Venya's follies is almost unbearable." —Elizabeth Hardwick, New Republic

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