The day lasts more than a hundred years
by Chingiz Aĭtmatov, Chingiz Aĭtmatov · first published 1983
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My favorite Soviet/Eastern Bloc scifi novel is The Day Lasts More Than A Hundred Years (1981) by Chingiz Aitmatov. "Ethnic" writers were accorded more freedom of topic than white Russians, confined to village prose in the Breznev era. Aitmatov's book sweeps the vast steppes of Central…
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