num_pages: 176
description: When this novel by a twenty-eight-year-old Moscow doctor appeared in Russia, it caused a storm of literary excitement. Some critics attacked it for its "hateful" slang, its effervescent irreverence, its frivolity. Still other Russian critics--representatives of the less "orthodox" wing of the literary fraternity-- hailed the book for its lively realism. American readers will find A Ticket to the Stars a singular reading experience--one that gives a surprising view of life as lived by certain young Russians today.
language: English
title: A Ticket to the Stars
publisher: Signet Books