{"product_id":"jimi-hendrix-live-in-lviv","title":"Jimi Hendrix Live in LVIV","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A bittersweet relic of a sunnier age . . . . A joyous caper . . . playful and ebullient, shot through with magical twists and supernatural turns.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the International Booker Prize, a Murakami-esque work of literary fiction and an ode to the revered cultural capital of western Ukraine, filled with a charming cast of eccentrics who together make up the beating heart of the city.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrange, almost magical, things are afoot in Lviv. Seagulls circle overhead while the passing breeze carries a briny whiff, even though the coast is far away. A ragtag group of aging hippies gather around a mysterious grave in Lychakiv Cemetery. Among them are an ex-KGB officer and the old subversive he once spied upon. Soon, Captain Ryabtsev and Alik Olisevych band together as unlikely allies to uncover the source of the city's \"anomalies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, across Lviv, Taras, a cab driver, ferries kidney-stone patients over cobblestone streets in his ancient Opel Vectra. He's wooing Darka, a woman who works nights at a currency exchange. The young lovers don't know it, but their fate depends on the two lonely old men, relics of a bygone era, who will stop at nothing to save their city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis captivating Ukrainian fiction blends Shakespearean comedy with Andrey Kurkov's unique brand of black humor and vodka-fueled magic realism, \u003ci\u003eJimi Hendrix Live in Lviv\u003c\/i\u003e, is a postcard from a more optimistic era. Populated by a delightful cast of oddballs, Kurkov's novel is an affectionate snapshot of a country finding itself and reclaiming its lost dreams in this satirical novel set twenty years after Soviet rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Russian by Reuben Woolley\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harpervia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947307040999,"sku":"9780063354548","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_fdad4d7d-9228-49df-9146-38ff614f791e.jpg?v=1775486488","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/jimi-hendrix-live-in-lviv","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}