{"product_id":"9798887191058","title":"Man and His Surroundings","description":"Author: Fazil Iskander\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798887191058\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Academic Studies Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 Sep 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMan and His Surroundings\u003c\/i\u003eirreverently explores Soviet and post-Soviet identity, politics, and history. In what Iskander himself calls the book's seminal novella, the narrator meets a man who believes himself to be Lenin, thawed out after decades of cryogenic storage. The narrator endures a phantasmagorical account of what \"Lenin\" thought and did during the October Revolution of 1917 and how another revolution is imminent. In another novella, the narrator tells of a nationally renowned fencer as the fencer sits at a neighboring table, discussing the impossibility of equality on earth, while his son pesters him for ice cream. The novellas enrapture the reader with their humor and impart a better intuitive understanding of the Soviet cultural heritage and mindset.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925112144030,"sku":"ING-9798887191058","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798887191058.jpg?v=1782959866","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798887191058","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}