{"product_id":"the-yellow-arrow-9780811213554","title":"The Yellow Arrow","description":"The main character, Andrei, is a passenger aboard the Yellow Arrow, who begins to despair over the trains ultimate destination and looks for a way out as the chapters count down. Indifferent to their fate, the other passengers carry on as usual -- trading in nickel melted down fro the carriage doors, attending the Upper Bunk avant-garde theatre, and leafing through Pasternak's \u003cem\u003eEarly Trains\u003c\/em\u003e. Pelevin's art lies in the ease with which he shifts from precisely imagined science fiction to lyrical meditations on past and future. And, because he is a natural storyteller with a wonderfully absurd imagination. \u003cem\u003eThe Yellow Arrow\u003c\/em\u003e is full of the ridiculous and the sublime. It is a reflective story, chilling and gripping.\u003cbr\u003e\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":50492113715474,"sku":"9780811213554","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e0b1b447-48ad-469a-9995-50b14c1bc7ac.jpg?v=1730571845","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-yellow-arrow-9780811213554","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}