Omon Ra

( Russian - Omon Ra ( Омон Ра ) - 1992 _

novel by Victor Pelevin

translated by Andrew Bromfield

Published: Harbord Publishing Limited - trade paperback - 1994
ISBN: 1899414002 / 9781899414000

Farrar Straus & Giroux - hardback - 1996
ISBN| 0374225923 / 9780374225926

New Directions - trade paperback - 1998
ISBN: 0811213641 / 9780811213646

Faber and Faber - paperback - 2002
ISBN: 0571177980 / 9780571177981

New Directions - e-book ( Nook ) - 2012
ISBN: 0811221245 / 9780811221245


synopsis
The story of a young man who always dreamt of becoming the ultimate Russian hero, a cosmonaut in the mould of Yuri Gagarin. Enrolling as a cadet at the Zaraisk flying school, it is not long before he is chosen to be the sole pilot of a mission - a one-way assignment to the dark side of the moon. Omon encounters the outrageous Colonel Urgachin and the terrifying absurdity of Soviet protocol and its backward technology including a bicycle-powered moonwalker.

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