Mož, ki je jahal tigra

Artiom Kačikijan, half Georgian and half Russian, grew up in a remote corner of the late Soviet Union dreaming, like every child of his generation, of becoming a cosmonaut. His record is so spotless that even the Russian security services cannot fault it, and his wish comes true: he becomes the pride of the nation and is posted to the space station Zarja, 385 kilometres above the Earth, to carry out important experiments. But after more than two years alone, contact with the planet suddenly breaks off, and he begins to suspect his mission has been abandoned. Reading the diaries of his predecessors, where anything seems possible, he looks back over his life, while beneath the grey surface of the everyday hides another world of angels, saints and strange beings.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

219 pages in the original

Genres

Speculative, Satire (assigned by AI)

Set in

Russia

First published

2010 by Študentska založba

Author's age

40 when first published

ISBN

9789612422691 (original)