by Andrei Kurkov · Blackie Books · tapa dura · ISBN 9788417059460
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Viktor, a ruined and lonely writer, decides to adopt a penguin named Misha, who also suffers from depression. Viktor's life becomes complicated when a newspaper commissions him to write obituaries for public figures who are still alive, and they begin to die in strange circumstances after being mentioned in his obituaries. Viktor and Misha find themselves involved in an absurd and violent plot, in a novel that mixes darkness and humor.
Andrii Yuriyovych Kurkov is a Ukrainian author and public intellectual who writes in Russian and Ukrainian. He is the author of 19 novels, including the bestselling Death and the Penguin, nine books for children, and about 20 documentary, fiction and TV movie scripts. His work is currently translated into 37 languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Swedish, Persian and Hebrew, and published in 65 countries. Kurkov, who has long been a respected commentator on Ukraine for the international media, notably in Europe and the United States, has written assorted articles for various publications worldwide. His books are full of black humour, post-Soviet reality and elements of surrealism.
