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| Title | : | Moscow to the End of the Line |
| Author | : | Venedikt Erofeev |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 164 pages |
| Published | : | July 1st 1992 by Northwestern University Press (first published 1969) |
| Categories | : | Cultural. Russia. Fiction. Literature. Russian Literature. Classics |
Venedikt Erofeev
Paperback | Pages: 164 pages Rating: 4.05 | 8523 Users | 368 Reviews
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Genre of drinking songs is known since the ancient times and by writing his drinking poem Venedikt Erofeev managed to widen boundaries of the genre significantly. Moscow to the End of the Line is written in a gloomy but frilly vers libre. The protagonist awakens to a fine and crisp morning full of freshness…Oh, that morning burned in the heart! Oh, the illusory nature of calamity. Oh, the irretrievable! What’s worse about this burden which no one has yet called by any name, what’s worse – paralysis, or nausea? Nervous exhaustion or mortal sorrow somewhere in the region of the heart? But, if that all equal, then all the same what’s worse about it – tetanus, or fever?And using commuter rail the hero embarks on the epochal suburban journey. And some local travels can be much more exotic than any voyages around the world… While travelling one may encounter a lot of intriguing fellow commuters…
The other passengers looked at me almost indifferently with their round, vacant eyes. I like that. I like that my country’s people have such empty, bulging eyes. This instills in me a feeling of legitimate pride. You can imagine what the eyes are like where everything is bought and sold – deeply hidden, secretive, predatory and frightened. Devaluation, unemployment, pauperism… People look at you distrustfully, with restless anxiety and torment. That’s the kind of eyes they have in the world of Filthy Lucre.And the travelled distance corresponds to the consumed liquor… And the more one drinks the stranger becomes the world and the more enigmatic turns reality…
If I should ever have any children, I’ll hang on their wall a portrait of the Procurator of Judaea, Pontius Pilate, so that they will grow up neat and clean. Procurator Pontius Pilate standing there washing his hands – that’s the right kind of portrait.Even the most hopeless boozers must have their romantic ideals…
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| Original Title: | Москва — Петушки |
| ISBN: | 0810112000 (ISBN13: 9780810112001) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Petushki(Russian Federation) U.S.S.R. |
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If dialectical materialism were turned on its head, something like angels would probably fall out. If you got drunk enough to cross Moscow a thousand times without ever seeing the Kremlin, something like freedom would happen, despite the State. If poky old Petushki became Eden, just because you loved and it was there, materialism would be turned right side up again, but with the angels left in. Thats Erofeev, whose incredibly Russian cocktail of sadness & joy, shame, spirituality, and"And since then I have not regained consciousness, and I never will"Venichka Erofeev never regained his full literary power after he finished this small book. Everything he had in his delicate beautiful sensitive soul, he expressed in this "poem", although it's written as a prose. His friends saw only allegiance in his drunkenness, he never cherished alcohol itself, but yet he created the greatest hymn to drinking as a way of life. "Moscow to the End of the Line" is a very funny book, there's a
Amazing book :)))) For me it was hilarious and tragic, illuminating and devastating at the same time.I really enjoyed Erofeevs humor, which was based on paronomasia, or play on words. The grace, with which he interlaces words into most elegant and unobtrusive humor, was amazing and captivating. It is hard for me to judge, but I think that the novel in general and its humor in particular, might be hard to understand for people who is not closely familiar with everyday life of regular Russian
Genre of drinking songs is known since the ancient times and by writing his drinking poem Venedikt Erofeev managed to widen boundaries of the genre significantly. Moscow to the End of the Line is written in a gloomy but frilly vers libre.The protagonist awakens to a fine and crisp morning full of freshnessOh, that morning burned in the heart! Oh, the illusory nature of calamity. Oh, the irretrievable! Whats worse about this burden which no one has yet called by any name, whats worse paralysis,
I've read this book 'bout 1 000 times. It's ultimate answer to your pain, depress and even happiness.
I had heard good references about the book. I heard that it is a peculiar test of intelligence and humor. Could I miss the opportunity to join the circles of people with unconventional thinking, peculiar humor and refined taste? No, no, I couldnt. And the book had been waiting on my Kindle for a while, the soul was sad and journey long. So on my bus from Liepāja to Rīga, I let Venichka share the path. But what a shame, what a disaster. I think I didnt get the book. Even more, I dont remember get
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