{"product_id":"perverzion-yuri-andrukhovych-9780810119642","title":"Perverzion","description":"What was the fate of Stanislav Perfetsky--poet, provocateur, and hero of Ukrainian underground culture? Evidence points to suicide. But some whisper murder. Some suggest the grand Eastern European tradition of coerced suicide. It may even be related to the religious cult ceremony he happened upon in Munich . . . or that job as a dancer in a strip club for older women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Or, then again, it may not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerverzion\u003c\/i\u003e constructs Perfetsky's final days using a mishmash of relics, from official documents to recorded interviews to scraps of paper. Perfetsky, the personification of the Ukrainian artistic superman--he used his masterful musicianship in a collaboration with Elton John during the pop star's secret sojourn in Ukraine--is bound for Venice to participate in a seminar to save the world from absurdity. On the way he becomes a Ukrainian Orpheus descending into the decadence of the West, navigating through surrealistic adventures and no less surrealistic seminar topics as he charges head up (and pants down) toward his fate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yuri Andrukhovych\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810119641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810119642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.58w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2005 pg. 55","brand":"Yuri Andrukhovych","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947266113791,"sku":"9780810119642","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6c9c9774-30d6-43fe-bb03-4c07c6422826.jpg?v=1681517698","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/perverzion-yuri-andrukhovych-9780810119642","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}