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The Queue is "a bizarrely funny saga of a quintessential Russian institution, the interminably long line." The novel was written by Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin in 1983, and later published in the United States in 1985, by NYRB Classics. The Read More..

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Description	The Queue is "a bizarrely funny saga of a quintessential Russian institution, the interminably long line." The novel was written by Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin in 1983, and later published in the United States in 1985, by NYRB Classics. The Library Journal describes Sorokin’s work as being an “avant-garde experiment" with a "flair of nonsense."The Queue does not follow a traditional narrative style. Instead, it is told in dialogue form, so as to make the reader feel like they are part of the line. As described by the Library Journal, the text lacks description, setting, or stage direction. Instead it is filled with nothing but voices: snatches of conversation, rumors, jokes, howls of humor, roll calls, and sexy moans.
Description	The Queue is "a bizarrely funny saga of a quintessential Russian institution, the interminably long line." The novel was written by Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin in 1983, and later published in the United States in 1985, by NYRB Classics. The Library Journal describes Sorokin’s work as being an “avant-garde experiment" with a "flair of nonsense."The Queue does not follow a traditional narrative style. Instead, it is told in dialogue form, so as to make the reader feel like they are part of the line. As described by the Library Journal, the text lacks description, setting, or stage direction. Instead it is filled with nothing but voices: snatches of conversation, rumors, jokes, howls of humor, roll calls, and sexy moans.

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Name
Name
Authors	Vladimir Sorokin
Authors
Translator	Sally Laird
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Genre	Fiction novel
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Series
Series
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Number in series
Language	Russian
Language
Country	Russia
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Pages	280
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Media_type	Print (hardback and paperback)
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Isbn	978-1-59017-274-2
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Publisher	NYRB Classics
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