The Competent Authority
$54.84
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
23 January 2024
Summary
‘Great is the Soviet Union, vast its territories, warm its entrails…’
- Whispers of dissidence are spreading in the U.S.S.R. Texts published in the West are circulating in samizdat, tormenting the secret police. Lieutenant Ivanov of the K.G.B, under pressure from his enraged superiors, is handed the case.
Leads emerge, flare up, vanish. Years pass. ‘Abram Tertz’ publishes another short story, a new novel, mocking the competent authority. Shielded by his fie…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781914495557 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1914495551 |
| Author: | Iegor Gran, Ruth Diver |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Mountain Leopard Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 23 January 2024 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 144mm x 218mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
“A masterpiece” - Le Monde
“A funny and touching novel” - Temps
“Iegor Gran recounts this paper chase with a sarcastic tone, ridiculing the actions and words of a regime that promises happiness, but offers terror … A remarkable portrait of the Soviet Union” - Elle
About The Author
Iegor Gran
Iegor Gran is a French writer who was born in Moscow. Praised for his biting sense of humour and razor-sharp writing, he has won the Grand Prix de l’humour noir.
Ruth Diver is an award-winning translator based in New Zealand. Her 2016 joint translation of The Reader on the 6.27 was a Waterstones Book of the Month.
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