| Glukhovskii, Dmitrii Alekseevich (1979) | Metro 2033. M. [Possneck, Germany] Izdatel´stvo 'Populiarnaia literatura', 2007. 399 p., portr. | €65,00 |
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| Square 8 vo, covers designed by A. Maslov [Studio Redstorm] GOOD TO VERY GOOD. Book is lightly used with little or no noticeable damage. Minor wear of covers. FIRST EDITION IN THIS FORMAT.One hundred thousand copies printed in this format and sold out within two years. Dmitry A. Glukhovskii is a Russian author and journalist known for Sci-Fi, Magic-Realism, and his exploration of social and political structures. He writes columns for Harper’s Bazaar, l’Officiel and Playboy. Currently living in Moscow, Glukhovsky has lived in Israel, Germany and France. He speaks English, French and Hebrew fluently, reads German and some Spanish. He began writing his first novel, Metro 2033, at the age of 18, and then published it on his website in 2002, available for all to read for free. The novel has become an interactive experiment, drawing in over 3 million readers world-wide. It has since been made into a video game for the Xbox and PC. Most recently it was optioned by MGM studios. Metro 2033 tells the story of a young man named Artyom who goes a long way to save his world from mortal danger. The book describes the consequences of an atomic war. Its only survivors strive for existence in the mazes of the Moscow subway (Metro) some two decades after the nuclear Holocaust. Formally a sci-fi novel, Metro 2033 describes a dystopia, in which Russia’s present-day society is superficially analyzed and described. It also critically examines communism in the former Soviet Union and the rise of fascism in modern Russia. In 2007, Glukhovsky was awarded the Encouragement Award of the European Science Fiction Society in the prestigious Eurocon contest in Copenhagen for his novel Metro-2033. By 2009, over 400,000 copies of Metro 2033 have been sold in Russia alone. Online readers are five times as numerous. Foreign book rights have been sold to more than 20 countries. A first person shooter video game Metro 2033, developed by 4A Games and published by THQ was released worldwide in March 2010 for PC and Xbox 360 platforms. Currently, Glukhovsky is negotiating with Hollywood-based studios and producers to sell the film rights.--Adapted from Wikipedia. P00213 |