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About the product Launching a red rooster and catching a goldfish is only a small fraction of what the oprichnik, the hope and support of the Russian state, must accomplish in a day. Word and deed are his motto, loyalty to his superiors is his principle, doublethink is his morality, violence is his instrument. The story of Vladimir Sorokin «The Day of the Oprichnik» is both a fancy action that can make you laugh to the point of colic, and a disappointing prediction. The oprichnik feels great in the Sorokin Moscow of the near future — because he is irreplaceable. «Day of the oprichnik», first published in 2006, has been translated into twenty languages. In 2013, the story was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. …
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