Lit in Translation

Танець недоумка

Tanets nedoumka

“The Dance of the Half-Wit” (title translated by AI)

Illarion Pavliuk (Ілларіон Павлюк, born 1980)

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Gil, a space biologist who has taken part in many military operations, is going through a bad time: no job, no money, a family on the verge of divorce, and a strong chance that a hereditary genetic disease will show itself, one in which a quick death is almost the best outcome. Then, out of nowhere, comes a job offer that seems to solve everything at once: a scientific expedition to a distant planet, with good pay, medical insurance and minimal risk. The novel asks whether a decision to fly, driven by fear, can be the right one, and whether the risks on the far-off, uncanny planet of Ix Chel are really as small as promised.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
679 pages in the original
Genres
Speculative (assigned by AI)
First published
2019 by Видавництво Старого Лева
Author's age
39 when first published
ISBN

9786176797203 (original)