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A hallucinatory, semi-autobiographical odyssey following the protagonist Venya on a train journey toward a "paradise" (Petushki) that remains forever out of reach. It circulated for decades in clandestine samizdat editions before its official Soviet publication in 1989.

Though largely ignored for most of his life, Yerofeyev is now considered a postmodern master alongside giants like Gogol and Bulgakov. Readers on Reddit and Goodreads celebrate his work for being "shallow and deep, stupid and smart" all at once. Venedikt Yerofeyev

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