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Moscow 2042

The year is 1982, just two years before that made famous by Orwell. An exiled Soviet writer discovers that a German travel agency is booking flights through a time warp to a variety of tempting sites and dates in the future. Moscow? The year 2042? How can he resist? Afterword by the Author. Translated by Richard Lourie.

Genre
science fictiondystopiahumortime travelfantasy
Setting
russia
Audience
adult
Length
long · 444 pages

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