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Записки психопата. Москва - Петушки
238 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2003
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Venedikt Erofeev
32 books116 followersVenedikt Vasilyevich Erofeev (Венедикт Ерофеев) was a Russian writer.
He managed to enter the philology department of the Moscow State University but was expelled from the University after a year and a half because he did not attend compulsory military training.
Later he studied in several more institutes in different towns including Kolomna and Vladimir but he has never managed to graduate from any, usually being expelled due to his "amoral behaviour" (freethinking).
Between 1958 and 1975 Yerofeyev lived without propiska in towns in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania, also spending some time in Uzbekistan and Tadjikistan, doing different low-qualified and underpaid jobs.
Yerofeyev is best known for his 1969 poem in prose Moscow-Petushki (several English translations exist, including Moscow to the End of the Line and Moscow Stations). It is an account of a journey from Moscow to Petushki (Vladimir Oblast) by train, a journey soaked in alcohol. During the trip, the hero recounts some of the fantastic escapades he participated in, including declaring war on Norway, and charting the drinking habits of his colleagues when leader of a cable laying crew.
Yerofeyev died of throat cancer.
He managed to enter the philology department of the Moscow State University but was expelled from the University after a year and a half because he did not attend compulsory military training.
Later he studied in several more institutes in different towns including Kolomna and Vladimir but he has never managed to graduate from any, usually being expelled due to his "amoral behaviour" (freethinking).
Between 1958 and 1975 Yerofeyev lived without propiska in towns in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania, also spending some time in Uzbekistan and Tadjikistan, doing different low-qualified and underpaid jobs.
Yerofeyev is best known for his 1969 poem in prose Moscow-Petushki (several English translations exist, including Moscow to the End of the Line and Moscow Stations). It is an account of a journey from Moscow to Petushki (Vladimir Oblast) by train, a journey soaked in alcohol. During the trip, the hero recounts some of the fantastic escapades he participated in, including declaring war on Norway, and charting the drinking habits of his colleagues when leader of a cable laying crew.
Yerofeyev died of throat cancer.
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October 10, 2018
Не моя книга совсем..
May 25, 2020
Very psychodelic.
May 9, 2025
The worst book I’ve ever read.
October 2, 2022
Москва - Петушки (or Moscow to the End of the Line in English) is a short novel about an alcohol-fuelled trip from Moscow to Petushki. The main character is hallucinating along the way and having random discussions with his fellow passengers. This made the narrative at times hard to follow, yet it was entertaining, as much as talking to someone who is dead drunk can be. Sort of like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but Soviet.
October 26, 2015
Отличный язык, но очарование этой книги прошло мимо меня.
December 10, 2015
Крайне тяжелое для меня чтиво... Слишком деструктивно
October 29, 2016
Странная книга. Даже не могу объяснить, отчего она мне вообще понравилась XD
December 1, 2014
Соц үеийн алдартай самиздатын нэг дээ...
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