Adibas
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
ISBN-13: 9781564789259
Subjects: Fiction, general; Europe, eastern, fiction
Description: "War is raging in Georgia, Russian fighter planes are thundering overhead, and yet, for some, the falling bombs cause no more impact than the slight ripple moving through the purified water of their swimming pools, or the rattling of a spoon in their cappuccino cups. Filtered through the bleary and cynical mind of Shako--a journalist famed for his appearance in Georgian Pepsi ads--Adibas is a tragic satire describing the progressive falsification of his life, invaded by consumer goods, consumer sex, consumer carnage. A 'war novel' without a single battle scene, Zaza Burchuladze's English-language debut anatomizes the Western world's ongoing 'feast in the time of plague.'"--Publisher's website.