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The Sinistra Zone

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The Sinistra Zone

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Entering a weird, remote hamlet, Andrei calls himself "a simple wayfarer," but he is in fact highly compromised: he has no identity papers. Taken under the wing of the military zone's commander, Andrei is first assigned to guard the blueberries that supply a nearby bear reserve. He is surrounded by human wrecks, supernatural umbrellas, birds carrying plagues, albino twins. The bears - and an affair with a married woman - occupy Andrei until his protector is replaced by a new female commander, "a slender creature, quiet,diaphanous, like a dragonfly," and yet an iron-fisted harridan. As things grow ever more alarming, Andrei becomes a "corpse watchman," standing guard over the dead to check for any signs of life, and then ... 
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2013-08-26
Publication Date:
2013-08-26
Publisher:
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
081121978X
ISBN13:
9780811219785
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Weight:
193 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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