{"product_id":"jimi-hendrix-live-in-lviv-andrey-kurkov","title":"Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv : Andrey Kurkov","description":"Andrey Kurkov Paperback FICTION\/Magical Realism ### HarperVia Trade Paperback OriginalLonglisted for the International Booker Prize, a Murakami-esque ode to the revered cultural capital of western Ukraine, filled with a charming cast of eccentrics who together make up the beating heart of the city.“A bittersweet relic of a sunnier age . . . . A joyous caper . . . playful and ebullient, shot through with magical twists and supernatural turns.”–Observer ### Strange, almost magical, things are afoot in Lviv. Seagulls circle overhead while the passing breeze carries a briny whiff, even though the coast is far away. A ragtag group of aging hippies gather around a mysterious grave in Lychakiv Cemetery. Among them are an ex-KGB officer and the old subversive he once spied upon. Soon, Captain Ryabtsev and Alik Olisevych band together to uncover the source of the city's “anomalies.”Meanwhile, across Lviv, Taras, a cab driver, ferries kidney-stone patients over cobblestone streets in his ancient Opel Vectra. He’s wooing Darka, a woman who works nights at a currency exchange. The young lovers don’t know it, but their fate depends on the two lonely old men, relics of a bygone era, who will stop at nothing to save their city.Blending Shakespearean comedy with Andrey Kurkov's unique brand of black humor and vodka-fueled magic realism, Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv, is a postcard from a more optimistic era. Populated by a delightful cast of oddballs, Kurkov's novel is an affectionate snapshot of a country finding itself and reclaiming its lost dreams after twenty years of Soviet rule.Translated from the Russian by Reuben Woolley","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47867844821150,"sku":"9780063354548","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0531\/9675\/1006\/files\/a08b4af38abc6a56c2db85a69646f465dffcf89f1e7cac870a968f31c2952c45.jpg?v=1781789405","url":"https:\/\/www.curbsidebooks.com\/products\/jimi-hendrix-live-in-lviv-andrey-kurkov","provider":"Curbside Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}