num_pages: 304
description: With the publication of his first story collection, Thirst -- also a New York Times Notable Book of the Year -- Ken Kalfus made "a dazzling debut," emerging as "a major literary talent" (Salon.com). Now, in this eagerly anticipated follow-up -- drawn from his four years living in Moscow and traveling the breadth of the Russian landscape -- Kalfus creates unforgettable etchings of individual lives throughout a century of turbulent history, in tales that range from hair-raising to comic to fabulous. Imaginative, densely detailed, and consistently rewarding, PU-239 And Other Russian Fantasies is a brilliant showcase for "one of the most interesting writers working today" (The San Diego Union-Tribune).
language: English
title: Pu-239 And Other Russian Fantasies
titlecomplete: Pu-239 And Other Russian Fantasies
genres: Short Stories, Russia, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 205
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
publisher: Washington Square Press