Andrey Kurkov, Bikfordov mir [A World According to Bickford]

Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Ed. by Neil Cornwell, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1993

Places

Russia (Publication/ performance)
Ukraine (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Kurkov worked on Bikfordov mir [A World According to Bickford] (first published in 1993) for four years, from 1985 to 1989. This 400-page long book consists of several loosely interconnected storylines focusing on individuals and small groups of people travelling in search of other people in a country torn and devastated by a non-ending war. These consist of: a driver and his passengers in a lorry; two more passengers in an unpiloted dirigible; several Old Believers who have abandoned their hermitage; and a sailor who is tied by a safety fuse to a barge loaded with dynamite. The country they cross in different directions is Russia, but not as we know it. There is a textile industry centre where the female …

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Citation: Rogatchevski, Andrei. "Bikfordov mir". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 14 October 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=31905, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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