The Snail on the Slope (discounted) - Boris and Arkady Strugatsky

The Snail on the Slope by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky / ISBN 9781473228283 / 248-page paperback in the SF Masterworks series from Gollancz (UK) / discounted copies but like new (I also have new copies of the US edition available) *** “The Snail on the Slope may be the most dizzyingly concentrated dose of the Strugatskys’ strange and powerful medicine.”--Jonathan Lethem The Snail on the Slope is a neglected masterpiece by Russian science fiction greats Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, who thought of it as ther "most complete and important work." now, in a stunning translation, this tour de force is ready to be introduced to a new generation of American readers. The novel takes place in two worlds. One is the Administration, an institution run by a surreal, Kafkaesque bureaucracy whose aim is to govern the forest below. The other is the Forest, a place of fear, weird creatures, primitive but garrulous people, and violence. Peretz, who works at the Administration, wants to visit the Forest. C