The Dead Lake - Peirene Press on the map (sitios de interés)
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A haunting Russian tale about the environmental legacy of the Cold War by Hamed Ismailov.
Yerzhan grows up in a remote part of Kazakhstan where the Soviets tests atomic weapons. As a young boy he falls in love with the neighbour’s daughter and one evening, to impress her, he dives into a forbidden lake. The radio-active water changes Yerzhan. He will never grow into a man. While the girl he loves becomes a beautiful woman.
‘Ismailov belongs to the tradition of Russian satirical novelists, from Gogol to Bulgakov and Platonov. A lesser writer would have produced several volumes of stories. Instead, Ismailov weaves them into a rich, many-coloured tapestry where every strand shines.’ Independent
‘Hamid Ismailov has the capacity of Salman Rushdie at his best to show the grotesque realization of history on the ground.’ Literary Review
Translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield.
http://www.peirenepress.com/books/coming_of_age/peirene_no_13