false <![CDATA[Omon Ra]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183328008m/1403146.jpg 98956 17 Named by his father after the Soviet OMON, the Interior Ministry riot police, Omon, a Soviet astronaut, renames himself Ra after the Egyptian sun god. As he approaches his final crisis, Omon reflects on the lies he's told and on the one that has just been revealed to him--that the Soviet space program (that he's based his entire life upon) is entirely other than what it purports to be. As Omon tries to reconcile the events of his life, he remembers what a Colonel of the KGB once told him, " ... the more consciously you perform your feat of heroism, the greater will be the degree of truth." The ensuing truths he uncovers are astonishing. 1074362 book 1996 Omon Ra total:264|5:74|4:93|3:78|2:15|1:4| 264 1010 349 30 3 0 false false Wed Aug 22 09:19:52 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 02:56:37 -0700 2007 We're talking about a talented author who fills his novels with a thousand elements coming from Russian popular culture, literature, poetry, politics, history and much more. His pen often dances on the narrow line between geniality and presumption.
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"It was then that I realized that I had drunk the vodka they had probably been looking forward to for years, and I felt really scared." ]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 27 08:00:41 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 10:24:11 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 08:00:41 -0700 2008 one of my favorite films. Merkwürdigliebe!]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 24 10:53:31 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 10:55:54 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Mon Jul 07 21:06:28 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 21:07:45 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Fri Aug 08 08:46:43 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 08:47:38 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Nov 09 21:35:47 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 21:41:23 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1403146