{"product_id":"omon-ra-victor-pelevin-9780811213646","title":"Omon Ra","description":"Victor Pelevin's novel \u003cem\u003eOmon Ra\u003c\/em\u003e has been widely praised for its poetry and its wickedness, a novel in line with the great works of Gogol and Bulgakov: \"full of the ridiculous and the sublime,\" says \u003cem\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/em\u003e [London]. Omon is chosen to be trained in the Soviet space program the fulfillment of his lifelong dream. However, he enrolls only to encounter the terrifying absurdity of Soviet protocol and its backward technology: a bicycle-powered moonwalker; the outrageous Colonel Urgachin (\"a kind of Sovier Dr. Strangelove\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e); and a one-way assignment to the moon. \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e proclaimed: \"Omon's adventure is like a rocket firing off its various stages--each incident is more jolting and propulsively absurd than the one before.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victor Pelevin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811213641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811213646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.13w x 0.43d","brand":"Victor Pelevin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050977849599,"sku":"9780811213646","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1223363b-3056-4642-8132-3499f1b57d25.jpg?v=1685010363","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/omon-ra-victor-pelevin-9780811213646","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}