num_pages: 336
description: Leading St. Petersburg poet Pyotr Void finds himself in the midst of the 1919 civil war in Russia when he serves as commissar to legendary Bolshevik commander Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev and his gunner, Anna, who possesses a strange secret. 12,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Buddha's Little Finger
titlecomplete: Buddha's Little Finger
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Philosophy, Humor, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Russian Literature, Fantasy, Russia
ratings_count: 6713
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Viking Adult