{"product_id":"omon-ra-9780811213646","title":"Omon Ra","description":"Victor Pelevin's novel \u003cem\u003eOmon Ra\u003c\/em\u003e has been widely praised for its poetry and its wickedness, a novel in line with the great works of Gogol and Bulgakov: \"full of the ridiculous and the sublime,\" says \u003cem\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/em\u003e [London]. Omon is chosen to be trained in the Soviet space program the fulfillment of his lifelong dream. However, he enrolls only to encounter the terrifying absurdity of Soviet protocol and its backward technology: a bicycle-powered moonwalker; the outrageous Colonel Urgachin (\"a kind of Sovier Dr. Strangelove\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e); and a one-way assignment to the moon. \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e proclaimed: \"Omon's adventure is like a rocket firing off its various stages--each incident is more jolting and propulsively absurd than the one before.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePelevin, Victor:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eVictor Pelevin\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of Russia's most successful post-Soviet writers. He won the Russian Booker prize in 1993 Born on November 22, 1962 in Moscow, he attended the Moscow Institute of Power Engineering, and the Institute of Literature. He's now been published throughout Europe. His books include \u003ci\u003eA Werewolf Problem in Central Russia, Omon Ra\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Lantern\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Hall of the Singing Caryatids\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBromfield, Andrew:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born in Yorkshire, England, \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Bromfield\u003c\/strong\u003e is a translator of Russian literature and an editor and co-founder of the literary journal Glas.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631277642002,"sku":"9780811213646","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f31193dd-7f18-422b-8ecd-8638fd62babe.jpg?v=1732767156","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/omon-ra-9780811213646","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}