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August 19, 2014
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| Josh Weil |
Josh Weil will debut his novel, The Great Glass Sea, Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. atBookbug in Kalamazoo along with friend and author Mike Harvkey. Weil describes his book as a "fraternal love story."
It's about two Russian brothers whose parents are unable to care for them and so they become each others' support in life. But when they near adulthood and the Soviet Union collapses, the brothers are desperate to hold on to the close relationship they had as kids.
The Soviet Union and Russia
Weil spent some time in Russia and noticed that the people he talked to there were still trying to grapple with the dramatic change between Soviet Russia and modern capitalist Russia. Weil says there are several characters that represent different factions in this tumultuous time. There are old communists, anarchists who are anti-work called the 'leisurists,' and an oligarch that represents capitalism. Weil says oligarchs were able to thrive under capitalism because they had been involved in the black market and knew how the system worked. Though there are many philosophical issues in the book, Weil says he is careful not to...
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