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9785717200967

Petroleum Venus

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  • ISBN13:

    9785717200967

  • ISBN10:

    571720096X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2013-02-05
  • Publisher: Glas
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Summary

This is the tragicomic story of a successful young architect, Fyodor, the reluctant single father of an adolescent son with Down syndrome. The son is a terrible embarrassment to Fyodor, who relies on his own parents to take care of him. Fyodor has fraught relationship with them as well. But then a fatal car crash and the accidental discovery of a mystical painting, "Petroleum Venus," force this self-involved father to ultimately embrace his troubled son, his parents' moral values, and the real things in life. Petroleum Venuswon the Debut Prize, was shortlisted for the National Bestseller Prize, nominated for the Russian Booker, and sat on the www.ozon.ru bestseller list for a year.

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