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The
2007 Award |
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Snow White and Russian Red by Dorota Maslowska
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ABOUT
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| A searing, audacious, and darkly comic novel from the new literary voice of international importance, 'Snow White and Russian Red' is a fresh and suprising portrait of marginalised, fatalistic post-Communist youth. It is the story of Andrzej "Nails" Robakoski and his unraveling after his girlfriend Magda dumps him. A tracksuited slacker, Nails spends most of his time doing little more than searching for his next girl, next line of speed, next proof for his conspiracy theories about the Polish economy. A xenophobic campaign against the proliferating Russian black market escalates, culminating in 'No Russkies Day- or is that just in Nails' fevered mind? By turns poetic, hilarious, disturbing, and dirty, 'Snow White and the Russian Red' is a powerful portrait of love, hopelessness, and political burnout in today's Eastern Europe. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Born in 1983, Dorota Maslowska is the recipient of the prestigious Polityka Prize. Her first novel, 'Snow White and the Russian Red' has been sold in eleven languages. She lives in Warsaw. |
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