Doorstop tradition revived in Russia

[Ghetta Life]

Does anyone here think there's any possibility that a 1500 page novel would 
sell out its first printing in four weeks in the USA?  Still, we don't know 
how large the first printing was.

And of course anyone being hailed as "the new Tolstoy" is going to sound 
brilliant.  But then again how many of us have been disgusted or 
disappointed over someone saying Author X was the new Pynchon?

Ghetta

>From: Catherine Edwards <catherinemarymary at yahoo.co.uk>
>
>According to a friend his agency in London is David Godwin, so hopefully 
>they'll get on the case with translation into English.  It sounds 
>brilliant.
>
>
>--- jd <wescac at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I wonder if it'll ever be translated...
> >
> > On 8/9/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > "A RUSSIAN artist is being heralded as the new Tolstoy after his debut 
>novel sold out within four weeks in Moscow despite being a daunting 1500 
>pages long.

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