- BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year 2019 · Shortlist
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)