Escape Hatch
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These characters are caught in surreal situations which test their ability to retain their humanity. Makanin's world is one of deliberate ambiguity, where nothing, not even the story itself, is as it seems, and haunting imagery is used to appeal directly to a reader's subconscious. "Vladimir Makanin's name belongs at the top of any list of socialist, or now post-socialist, surrealists...The power of Mr. Makanin's fiction lies precisely in its ambiguity."--New York Times Book Review
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0375701087
ISBN13:9780375701085
Release Date:January 1997
Publisher:Overlook Press
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.48 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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A quick, absorbing, read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I haven't gotten to "The Long Road Ahead" yet, but the first novella, "Escape Hatch" was so moving and engrossing that I finished it (after an intense morning with it glued to my fingers) changed. What struck me most about the work is how it refuses to pass judgement on its characters-- no one is good or evil, but everyone is lost, everyone is stuck in a world they don't want to be in. And the passages with the retarded son were especially touching. Read this story.
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