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Jimmy
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Apr 03, 2013 11:10AM
OK I'm currently reading this book by Andrei Bitov called The Monkey Link. He's Russian, and still alive, and I'm enjoying the hell out of his book so far, but I can see why he hasn't gotten more attention (only 145 ratings, 71 of which is for Pushkin House)... it's plotless, full of long philosophical asides, perspectives are skewed, the book is constantly destroying itself and sometimes quite hard to follow. Love it!
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Bitov often appears to be a suicide bomber in his narratives. Pushkin House was one hell of a novel; Monkey's Link befuddled me: an environmental essay disguised as an anti-novel.
