Baize-Covered Table With Decanter by A. L. Tait, Vladimir Makanin (1995, Paperback) 
Baize-Covered Table With Decanter by A. L. Tait, Vladimir Makanin (1995, Paperback)
Publisher: Readers Intl
Publication Date: 1995-10-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0930523660
ISBN-13: 9780930523664
Product ID: EPID719579
Description: The Soviet protagonist of this book is an insomniac who recalls (in some segments) and anticipates (in other segments) his interrogation and torment.
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Synopsis
The Soviet protagonist of this book is an insomniac who recalls (in some segments) and anticipates (in other segments) his interrogation and torment.

Details
Publication Date:1995-10-01

Size
Length:144 pages
Height:8.0 in
Width:5.3 in
Thickness:0.5 in
Weight:5.6 oz

Publisher's Note
The hero of Baize-Covered Table undergoes a searching bureaucratic investigation, that staple of the old Soviet and even older Russian police state. With the naked intensity of personal nightmare, the hero visits and returns to the stark scene of his inquisition: the bare room, the table, the ever-present decanter, and behind the table those recurring phantoms, 'The Party Man, ' 'The Young Wolf, ' 'The Almost Pretty Woman, ' 'The One Who Asks the Questions.'.

Industry Reviews
"A deceptively flat title conceals this brilliant fictional exploration of how modern totalitarian states generally operate; not with gulags and gas chambers, but with simpler and subtler tools, like tables and interrogations, unanswerable questions and guilt. What matters is not brute power, but psychology and information. Vladimir Makanin owes a considerable debt to Kafka...that is gracefully acknowledged..."
Literary Review - Christopher Hart (11/19/1995)

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