Aleksandr Zinovyev (1922–2006)
Autor de The Yawning Heights
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Alexandre Zinoviev (1922-1986)
Series
Obras de Aleksandr Zinovyev
Ela! 3 copias
Мой дом - моя чужбина 1 copia
Нашей юности полет 1 copia
余計者の告白〈上〉 1 copia
La maison jaune : récit romantique en quatre parties avec avertissement et morale. Tome premier (1980) 1 copia
Les hauteurs béantes 1 copia
La maison jaune T2 1 copia
La maison jaune T1 1 copia
La Maison jaune. Récit romantique en quatre parties avec avertissement et morale. Tome second 1 copia
Cime abissali 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Zinovyev, Aleksandr
- Nombre legal
- Zinovyev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich
Зиновьев, Александр Александрович - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1922-10-29
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2006-05-10
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Russia
- Lugares de residencia
- Pakhtino, Kostromo Oblast, Russian Federation
Moscow, Russia
Munich, Bavaria, Germany - Educación
- Moscow State University (1951)
- Ocupaciones
- logician
sociologist
writer
philosopher
satirist - Organizaciones
- Russian Army (WW II)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 59
- Miembros
- 513
- Popularidad
- #48,356
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 97
- Idiomas
- 10
- Favorito
- 1
A massive tome of anti-communist satire with an annoying, perhaps even horrifying, amount of relevance today. I thought it might be smaller on the inside as it had a decent sized font and margins but its actually bigger on the inside.
Made up of small chunks of genuine sociology, little scenes of life and a ton of satire. Most pieces are only a page or two with maybe some extensions to 4 or 5 pages towards the end.
If i arbitrarily divide it in 4, the first quarter is the funniest and lightest. A perfect blend of high and low-brow humour mostly revolving around the building of a latrine.
The second quarter is the hardest, a lot of heavy sociology although most is given a dumbed down explanation or examples aswell.
The third part feels the most personal. It made me wonder who the people behind the satire really were and made me miss the fact that i know so little about soviet russia.
The last quarter is the darkest. Dealing with the most brutal aspects of communism aswell as projecting into a future where the great Ism has taken over the world, hence my putting it on my dystopia shelf.
Having divided it in 4 let me go back and say that those are only the broad outlines and theres a constant intermixing of comic sketches and deep thoughts.
Reminded me of Dilbert :lol, with its incompetent leadership and frustrating bureaucracy in which talent is stifled and stupidity rewarded. Dilbert, if your boss could also have you killed :( .
Its a LOT and really depressing ;) , but i'm still giving it 4 stars, which is worth a lot more than 4 stars spread over 250 pages :P .
"What fantasies, what myths define
The dreams that sooth my brow?...
...The scientist who's in control?
...The footballer who scores a goal?
Must we on them rely?
Alas, there is no other choice.
The fairy tale has died,
Their heroes vanished, stilled their voice,
There's nothing left beside."… (más)