Ochered' [Queue]

Comrades, who is the last? A cult novel by one of the brightest and most scandalous contemporary writers. People of different social classes, different political views, different beliefs and preferences will meet in a multi-kilometer queue. Vladimir Sorokin's novel 'The Queue' has something that is characteristic of all the great works of world literature: over time, it not only did not lose its relevance, but also acquired new shades and meanings. Written back in 1985, it is an endless dialogue, phrases and exclamations that Soviet citizens share with each other, standing in a giant line - perhaps one of the main symbols of those years. They discuss everything, from the sacramental 'What do they give?', 'Is there enough for everyone?' and 'Who's last?' to Yevtushenko's poetry, Plato's philosophy and family troubles. In the queue there is a place for love, and a drunken fight, and deep thoughts, and funny situations. And all this - in the magnificent style of a real folk language. At t