Present Of Books The Ugly
| Title | : | The Ugly |
| Author | : | Alexander Boldizar |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 365 pages |
| Published | : | September 7th 2016 by Brooklyn Arts Press |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Literary Fiction |
Alexander Boldizar
Paperback | Pages: 365 pages Rating: 3.74 | 238 Users | 52 Reviews
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Muzhduk the Ugli the Fourth is a 300-pound boulder-throwing mountain man from Siberia whose tribal homeland is stolen by an American lawyer out to build a butterfly conservatory for wealthy tourists. In order to restore his people’s land and honor, Muzhduk must travel to Harvard Law School to learn how to throw words instead of boulders. His anarchic adventures span continents, from Siberia to Cambridge to Africa, as he fights fellow students, Tuareg rebels, professors of law, dark magic, bureaucrats, heatstroke, postmodernists, and eventually time and space. A wild existential comedic romp, The Ugly tells the tale of a flawed and unlikely hero struggling against the machine that shapes the people who govern our world.Best Book of 2016 Grand Prize winner, CAC17
Somerset Prize for best literary fiction of 2016
Indies 2016 Book of the Year double finalist (literary, humor), winners TBD
Best Books of 2016: Best Fiction, Entropy Magazine
The Best Fiction Books of 2016, Book Scrolling
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| ISBN: | 1936767473 (ISBN13: 9781936767472) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Of Books The Ugly
Ratings: 3.74 From 238 Users | 52 ReviewsArticle Of Books The Ugly
Interesting book, though my enjoyment of it seems to have decreased proportionately to how far into it I progressed. Don't get me wrong, it's quite good, thoroughly original and very intelligent, it just...got overwhelming after a while. There was so much philosophy, meditation on legal concepts, tribal African politics, academic satire...that it managed at times to overpower the plot itself. And the plot itself is great...Muzhduk The Ugli The Fourth (priceless already, right) is a Siberian4.5 stars: The Catch-22-esque humor starts to dissipate as the book goes on and things get increasingly philosophical, absurd, and somewhat confusing, or at least unnecessarily dense. I still enjoyed it and am glad I read it, but I'm not sure I'd rank it as a favorite or be eager to re-read it (not the whole thing anyway... certain passages are excellent). Part of the discomfort in reviewing this was because after I started it, I immediately recommended it to quite a few friends and in one case
I am confident to say that I have never read anything like The Ugly. It is fantasy mashed with history and then mixed with the modern world. It is funny, entertaining, and packed with adventure. Muzhduk the Ugli the Fourth is an awesome character. I was constantly amused by how he named things and people, and his descriptions were simple, yet his story was deep. He is on his way from his Siberian town to Harvard to study words. On the way, he has one unbelievable experience after another. If you
The Ugly is reminiscent of fairy tales I read as a child: You cant take it seriously, yet you must take it seriously. Loaded with irony, absurdity, and plenty of opportunities for a laugh, Alexander Boldizars novel follows protagonist Muzhduk the Ugli the Fourths unlikely journey from a boulder-throwing Siberian villager to a word-slinging Harvard law student (yep, see absurdity). I thought the first half of the book was exceptional, but the storys grip loosened slightly during the second half,
I had the honor of reading The Ugly pre-publication and it is an extraordinary accomplishment. The story is an epic satire not only of American legal education and the American legal system, but of modernity itself. It is easy to say that we have become complacent by living in an ordered world that we had no role in creating, or that we are out of touch with our animal instincts, but it is very hard to tell us this lesson--and so much more--by making us laugh, think, feel, and weep.The closest
The Ugly by Alexander Boldizar is novel which I discovered through Shelf Awareness. The cover had me interested, but it had to be the synopsis which had me convinced that I wanted to read it. I feel like our capital and Westerner ways make up thinking we have the right to impose on other tribal and indigenous areas because we have our reasons. It does not matter that it doesnt match up with theirs. As someone who strongly believes this, I wanted to read this novel and find out more about how it
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