An account of the cultured alcoholic and self-mocking intellectual Yerofeev's heroic odyssey from Moscow to neighbouring Petushki. The production successfully transferred to the West End (1995), where Tom Courtenay's performance and the play received much acclaim.
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About the Author
Venedikt Erofeev was born in 1938 and died in 1990 of throat cancer in a tragic parody of his autobiographical hero's fate. His fame rests essentially on the novel Moskva - Petushki, written in the 1970s and published in sixteen languages. Born Glasgow, 1937, married with three children, lecturer in History of Art at Glasgow School of Art. Freelance writer, broadcaster and translator. Literary output includes poetry, short stories and criticism, also several original plays for television, and some ninety plus hours of radio drama, serials, adaptations and original plays. His adaptation of Yerofeev's 'Moscow Stations', published by Oberon Books, has been staged in Edinburgh, London and New York. Since the late 1980's has concentrated on translation from Russian.


Book Information
ISBN 9781783191321
Author Venedikt Yerofeev
Format Paperback
Page Count 58
Imprint Oberon Books Ltd
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 82g