{"product_id":"the-snail-on-the-slope-hardcover","title":"The Snail on the Slope - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArkady Strugatsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBoris Strugatsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOlena Bormashenko\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA neglected masterpiece by Russian science fiction greats Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, who thought of it as their \"most complete and important work,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Snail on the Slope\u003c\/i\u003e disappeared almost immediately after it was first published in a small mass-market edition in the United States in 1980. In the meantime, however, it went through twenty-seven editions in fifteen other countries, making it one of the Strugatsky brothers' most popular works worldwide, along with \u003ci\u003eRoadside Picnic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHard to Be a God\u003c\/i\u003e. Now, in a stunning new translation, this tour de force is ready to be introduced to a new generation of American readers. \u003cbr\u003e The novel takes place in two worlds. One is the Administration, an institution run by a surreal, Kafkaesque bureaucracy whose aim is to govern the forest below. The other is the forest, a place of fear, weird creatures, primitive but garrulous people, and violence. Peretz, who works at the Administration, wants to visit the forest. Candide crashed in the forest years ago and wants to return to the Administration. Their journeys are surprising and bizarre, and readers are left to puzzle out the mysteries of these foreign environments. Brilliant, enigmatic, evocative, and revelatory, \u003ci\u003e The Snail on the Slope\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the greatest literary works to come out of Soviet Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArkady\u003c\/b\u003e (1925-1991) and \u003cb\u003eBoris\u003c\/b\u003e (1933-2012) \u003cb\u003eStrugatsky\u003c\/b\u003e were the most famous and popular Russian writers of science fiction, with over twenty-five novels and novellas to their name, including \u003ci\u003eRoadside Picnic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHard to Be a God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Doomed City\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMonday Starts on Saturday\u003c\/i\u003e. Their books have been widely translated and made into a number of films. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlena Bormashenko\u003c\/b\u003e has been acclaimed for her translations of the \u003ci\u003eStrugatskys' Roadside Picnic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHard to Be a God\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460501586098,"sku":"9780914091875","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/7424c6d3fa76fb03c458cb9453672b6a.webp?v=1778922691","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-snail-on-the-slope-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}