02859cam a2200313 4500 1597757103 TxAuBib 20240914120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063354579 0063354578 9daf87f7-0090-4d64-8d93-6bb7074e9a67 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9791104 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Kurkov, Andrey. Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv [Libby Audiobook] : A Novel. HarperAudio, 2024. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 281MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 281MB. HTML:<p><strong>"A bittersweet relic of a sunnier age . . . . A joyous caper . . . playful and ebullient, shot through with magical twists and supernatural turns."</strong>—<strong>Observer</strong></p> <p><strong>Longlisted 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.</strong></p> <p>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."</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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 twenty years after Soviet rule.</p> <p>Translated from the Russian by Reuben Woolley</p>. Literature. Fantasy. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-09-13 20:00:03. Byron, Andrew. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9daf87f7-0090-4d64-8d93-6bb7074e9a67&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9daf87f7-0090-4d64-8d93-6bb7074e9a67&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) BTCLS