[Голово]ломка

by Alexander Garros, Александр Гаррос, Aleksei Evdokimov

Что это: история того, как мелкий банковский пиар-менеджер превращается в безжалостного супермена? Или - история обыкновенного безумия? Или - история конца света, наступающего для одного отдельно взятого человека? Или - русскоязычная версия "Бойцовского клуба" и "Американского психопата"? Или, может быть, пересказ модной компьютерной игры? Это - [голово]ломка: шокирующая литературная провокация, крепко замешанная на жестком триллерном сюжете.

Все лексические и синтаксические вольности данного текста, включая случаи употребления и варианты написания слов из различных профессиональных, национальных, криминальных и молодежных арго, - на совести авторов. Точнее, на совести той взбаламученной языковой реальности, которой они старались следовать и которая не успела пока что осесть в орфоэпических словарях и университетских учебниках.

Genres: Fiction

272 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Ivan Milke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Da ne bude neke zabune - ovde nema nikavog cyberpunka, sem pseudo - ima neke igrice i nekog pisanja u nekom txt fajlu u nekom skrivenom folderu na poslu u radno vreme, ali nista od VR i RL se ne preplice pre je neki usputni lajt motiv za popunjavanje praznine u prici

Male ali slabe pozajmice od Peljevina u satiricnoj kritici stanja i drustva - cak jedno direktno pominjanje "Generacije P" kad junak tj autor nepotrebno (postmoderno) preterano nabraja ljude artikle i sve i svasta tj Nista na ulici i u prodavnicama Znaci nema nista ni blizu peljevinovskog kalibra, neke sitne naznake ljutne na post-komnisticko prevelikog upadanje u konzumerizam...

Solidno je prikazano smaranje zaposljenog ugovorca koji traljavo radi nekakav marketing u sluzbi pri velikoj banci, cela ta struktura bahatih shefova i poniznih sluzbenika, portira i direktora nije losa, a opet nista specijalno novo - vidjeno od raznih autora (Mnogo bolje kod Thomas Ligotti u romanu "Nedovršeni posao")

Radnja u jednom trenutku (oko trecine romana) krece u meni neocekivanom pravcu 'Kventin-Tarantinovskog" krimi trilera punog (maltene bezrazlozne) pucnjave te ubistava i iz kojih se nas junak izvlaci, andjeoski -maltene bez povreda uz neku puku i slucajnu srecu, znaci "cudom" prezivljava i sve u knjizi polako postaje neki hong-kongshki kaubojac sa hepiendom :)

za prvenac dovoljno, nisam siguran da bih bas jurisao da ih citam dalje Mozda ko zna...

[Georgina]

boring

[Steven · Rating 2 out of 5]

So ... this isn't really on the level of either book it mentions on the cover (Fight Club or American Psycho). There just really isn't as much depth to the characters - any of them. It is obviously influenced by 'video game culture,' but in a very generic way. I was especially disappointed by the sometimes-bravado of the protagonist, when he expounds on complex social theories, but his lines of thought are never really more than superficially-examined or followed. The action scenes were both unrealistic (does no one fight back?) and confusingly-written at times, with time/space jumps that I think were intended to heighten the action, but which just left me wondering wtf had just happened.

Overall, not terrible, but not very good either. There was some good potential in this idea, but I think it was squandered in the haphazard execution.

[Trounin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Голову ломать, как и хэнд крашить, занятие, способное заинтересовать особенно трепетные натуры, чья тяга к литературному творчеству разбивается о непонимание читателя, не готового внимать всему на свете, мало имеющему отношение к его обыденности. Внимать потоку порнографии со страниц произведений, ещё и хвалить его – скорее тянет на склонность к явным нарушениям с психикой, либо стремлением восхвалять недалёкость собственной способности к умению адекватно размышлять над предлагаемой к вниманию информацией. Грубо говоря, пользуясь тюремной терминологией Гарроса и Евдокимова, писатели парафинят читателя, делая из полезного обществу человека латентного изгоя, чьё место у параши, ибо никто не сможет понять, что хорошего в любовании отбросами.

(c) Trounin

[Ashleigh Hoare · Rating 3 out of 5]

• set in Latvia (but written by two Russian authors), Headcrusher follows Vadim - an employee at a huge bank who writes bullshit sales pitches and pamphlets
• Vadim is disillusioned by capitalism and materialism and escapes into a violent video game called Headcrusher
• as the book goes on, it becomes apparent that Vadim's grasp on reality is tenuous at best with a throw away comment made about his history in a sanitarium
• Vadim unexpectedly and impulsively murders his boss and continues on a spree of murders ranging from amateur to organised, at one point uncovering an organised crime ring

This is essentially the Russian version of American Psycho. Brilliant read, but make no mistake violent and gory 🪓

[Ivan Titkov · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 за текст и еще +0.5 за концовку.

[Jasmina Ljubinković · Rating 2 out of 5]

Главоломка - савремени роман о свакодневном сивилу канцеларијских паразита. Средина у којој мали човек бива доведен у ситуацију да буде сломљен или да ломи. Где се иновативност и генијалност исцеде или униште, искорене. Жестоко, лудо, крваво. Реалност се меша са имагинацијом и читаоца доводи у ребус (рус. головоломка) да ли је све то само сан главног протагонисте или можда прелажење нивоа у популарној истоименој компјутерској игрици, пуцачини, где се броје "скинуте" главе.
Језик бритак као сечиво, препун псовки, сленга и скраћеница типичних за руски језик (све похвале преводиоцу!), тотално нетипично за књижевна дела.
Одушевљена критика роман "Главоломка" назива суровијом савременом верзијом "Злочина и казне" Достојевског и овенчава га наградом "Национални бестселер". За мој скромни укус ипак превише манијакално и крваво, чак и за трилер. Можда млађа публика може ово да "прогута" и "свари", можда је њима разумљив стил. "Поклону се у зубе не гледа" те ја стиснух зубе, прочитах. 😁

[M M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Headcrusher is by a duo named Garros-Evdokimov. This is almost technopunk, combining an incredibly violent videogame, and yet another gormless individual who suddenly goes berserk and commits a series of murders. Set in the Russia of the early 1990s when limitless money was available to the amoral and the corrupt, this book combines social criticism with dark humour; the plot is scarcely credible, but the murders follow a logical inevitability as the anti-hero, Vadim, knocks off one person after another, launders money on a vast scale, learns all about single malt whisky, and bonks beautiful women. It’s all described in a very laconic style, almost stream-of-consciousness, hilarious to boot. Rush out and grab it ASAP.

[Matt · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is essentially the equivalent of a Russian knock-off of Fight Club, but nowhere near as good. The idea of exploring a man's frustration with materialism in post-communism Latvia sounds interesting and at times it is. There are times it's a real thought provoking page turner, but these times are few and far between and it often borders on incomprehensible. It's one of the most uneven books I can remember reading, that is to say it does have its good sections, but overall a thumbs down for me.

[Verka.mm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very convincing description of current post soviet society. After this introduction, the authors dropped to a fantasy. They described the fight against all the evil around them, like in a computer games. And of course they win in that game. The reality in transition states is really ugly and you have the way to cope with it, someone with reading as me, someone with dreaming as the authors of this book. Suggest for reading.

[Paul · Rating 1 out of 5]

I just found it really hard to read, I stuck it out but it seems like an esoteric thesaurus was used to translate it. The story itself was interesting but didn't live up to my expectations. I think if they didn't try so hard to use so many rarely used words.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

It didn't hold my attention very well. I often have difficulty with texts translated from Russian; somehow they seem both edgy and stodgy at once. The plot is pretty zany though.

[Neil · Rating 3 out of 5]

Took a punt on this by title & cover blurb. Strange but thoroughly enjoyable.

[Eduard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Напоминает "Нет" авторства Линор Горалик.

[Dejan Vesic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vrlo dobra psihodelično-prozna knjiga. Preporuka