2017

[Dave Monroe]

2017
Olga Slavnikova
$26.95
ISBN 13: 978-1-59020-309-5
Hardcover


In a translation funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and
executed to perfection by prize-winning translator Marian Schwartz,
2017 is part literary romance, part political thriller, and a stunning
tale of adventure, fantasy and obsession.

Set in the near future, on the 100th anniversary of the Revolution,
2017 reveals a Russia devoid of art and innovation, but full of
danger, scandal, and wildly intriguing characters. With its harsh
climate, social and ecological problems, its impoverished underclass
and criminal upper class, the mythical Riphean Mountains become the
perfect setting for this stunningly crafted Russian favorite.

Raised in the city’s slums where violence and theft are necessities of
survival, Krylov discovers at a young age that he has a gift for gem
cutting. This talent allows him to attend a university, where the
greedy Professor Anfilogov – a man who lives a double life as a
teacher and a gem smuggler – recognizes his gift and takes him under
his wing. As Anfilogov embarks upon a dangerous expedition to hunt a
lost treasure of priceless rubies, Krylov also begins an adventure of
his own while he awaits the Professor’s return. He meets a mysterious
and beautiful stranger named Tanya to whom he is irresistibly drawn.
Their scandalous affair soon becomes dangerously complex as Kryov’s
ex-wife Tamara, the wealthy owner of an undertaker’s business, hires a
spy to shadow their every rendezvous and reveal the secret to Tanya’s
identity. Soon Krylov finds himself navigating through diamond mines
deep in the Urals, the criminal conventions of the illegal gem trade
and carnivalesque riots that mark the centennial of the October
Revolution.

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