Snow White and Russian Red -- Dorota Maslowska, Paperback

Dorota Maslowska's audacious debut novel establishes her as a new young literary voice of international importance. When Snow White and Russian Red was first published, it became a controversial, acclaimed best seller in both Poland and Germany, a stunning accomplishment since the author was only nineteen. Reminiscent of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting, Snow White and Russian Red is a fresh and surprising portrait of marginalized fatalistic post-Communist youth. It is the story of Andrzej "Nails" Robakoski who unravels after his girlfriend, Magda, dumps him. A track suited slacker who spends most of his time doing little more than searching for his next line of speed and dreaming up conspiracy theories about the Polish economy, Nails ricochets from the bewitching Magda to proselytizing Angela to hellcat Natasha to nerdy Ala, the girlfriend of the friend who stole Magda. Through it all, a xenophobic campaign against the proliferating Russian black market escalates, and the citizens have to paint their houses in national colors-or is that just in Nails' fevered mind? By turns poetic, hilarious, disturbing and dirty, Snow White and Russian Red is a powerful portrait of love, hopelessness, and political burnout in today's Eastern Europe.

Author: Dorota Maslowska
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Published: 02/03/2005
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780802170019

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 05/01/2005 pg. 18
Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/15/2004 pg. 42
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2004 pg. 1159
Library Journal 01/15/2005 pg. 94
Library Journal 11/15/2004
Library Journal 01/01/2005
Publishers Weekly 02/07/2005 pg. 40
Ingram Advance 04/01/2005 pg. 75