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Set in a Moscow hospital amidst the Soviet Union's decline, the story follows young patients facing life-threatening heart surgeries. They embrace the present with humor and fleeting romances, all under the watchful eye of the stern matron, Baba Nastya. Key characters include a Turkmen youth, a Greek Comsomol boy, a Russian Stalinist with a mechanical heart, and the beautiful yet tragic Mary. The narrative explores the tension between soulless conformity and the yearning for poetic individuality, questioning who truly holds the future.
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The Revenge of the Foxes, Ak Welsapar
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- Released
- 2018
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- Title
- The Revenge of the Foxes
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ak Welsapar
- Publisher
- GLAGOSLAV PUBLICATIONS B.V.
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 124
- ISBN13
- 9781912894109
- Category
- Fiction
- Description
- Set in a Moscow hospital amidst the Soviet Union's decline, the story follows young patients facing life-threatening heart surgeries. They embrace the present with humor and fleeting romances, all under the watchful eye of the stern matron, Baba Nastya. Key characters include a Turkmen youth, a Greek Comsomol boy, a Russian Stalinist with a mechanical heart, and the beautiful yet tragic Mary. The narrative explores the tension between soulless conformity and the yearning for poetic individuality, questioning who truly holds the future.