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Attesting to pelevin s reputation as one of russias leading contemporary novelists, the sacred book of the werewolf provides that density of subject and verbage. She works as a prostitute in moscow, where her name translates to an obscenity like whatze phuck would be to americans, she says. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. A werewolf problem in central russia, the second of pelevins russian booker prizewinning short story collections, continues his sputniklike rise. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. A fascinating collection of eight surpassingly strange stories, the second to have won russias booker prize by the young author of omon ra 1996 and the blue lantern 1997. From the goddess of wealth to the sacred cow online books in format pdf.
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