1. She was a maelstrom, grieving mad. 2. Tiers, circa, siphon 3. Juxtaposition: Sobolpnye is the last settlement at the end of a road that, when not buried in snow, can go from choking dust to sucking mud in the space of an hour. Metaphor: Mikhail Gorbachev's attempt to open the Soviet Union resembled Pandora's attempt to open her box : there was simply no way to do it gradually. 4. The book uses alot of allusion, it is mostly references towards history, religion literature and pop culture.
2. Tiers, circa, siphon
3. Juxtaposition: Sobolpnye is the last settlement at the end of a road that, when not buried in snow, can go from choking dust to sucking mud in the space of an hour.
Metaphor: Mikhail Gorbachev's attempt to open the Soviet Union resembled Pandora's attempt to open her box : there was simply no way to do it gradually.
4. The book uses alot of allusion, it is mostly references towards history, religion literature and pop culture.