International Book Club "U" for Ukraine Meeting
Let's read Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov for Ukraine!
The events of the novel take place in Protected content Protected content Kyiv. It is a bleak, satirical work with surreal elements and dark humour.
The novel became Kurkov's most famous work, translated into more than 30 languages.
Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although he would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for a newspaper. He longs to see his work published, yet the subjects of his obituaries continue to cling to life. But when he opens the newspaper to see his work in print for the first time, his pride swiftly turns to terror. He and Misha have been drawn into a trap from which there appears to be no escape.
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