- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: The Ministry of Whimsy Press (October 1997)
- ISBN-10: 1890464023
- ISBN-13: 978-1890464028
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 408 g
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4.1 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
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A challenging read, but worth the effort, Jun 27 1999
By Andrew S. (panicboy@ix.netcom.com) - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Troika (Paperback)
Let me start with a warning: this is a difficult book to read. You can't skim it or read without your full attention like you can with -- well, with almost everything. The characters switch bodies (or think they do), they're unreliable narrators whose perceptions may not match reality, they contradict themselves, there are flashbacks and dream sequences galore. Only well into the book is it possible to even get any idea of what's going on. As confusing as The Troika can be, it is very much worth the effort. Trust is required here. You're on a drive, but someone else is at the wheel. Slide into the moment, enjoy the view and stop worrying so much about where you're going. You *are* going somewhere, but the trip itself is the best part of the experience. There are stories and images in The Troika that will stay with me for a long, long time. There are passages in the book that are as beautiful and carefully sculpted as anything I've ever read: the line of girls with their tongues frozen to the parking meters; skating upside down along the bottom of the ice; the fish-headed sacrifice who escapes moments before her heart is cut out. I was reminded of Dick, Kafka and others, but Chapman's voice is unique and original, and he clearly has a love of language and words. The Troika was one of the strangest books I've ever read, and among the best I've come across in several years.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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and you thought you had problems..., Jan 23 2001
By David Rapavi - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Troika (Paperback)
Three connected, lost souls wander the desert submerged in madness and despair. Did I mention that one of them is a Jeep? This surreal story is at once intensely tragic and hopeful. I highly recommend it.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Truly a fantastic shard of dementia, Jan 10 2005
By Matthew W Rossi - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Troika (Paperback)
Alex, Eva and Naomi are a jeep, an old woman and a dinosaur, respectively. Or maybe not. They're walking across and endless desert and they can't die. Or maybe not.
The Troika by Stepan Chapman is truly an excellent book, witty, profane, brilliant, demanding... much like Samuel R Delany's 'Dhalgren' or Philip K Dick's 'Valis' but not derivative of anything, it plays around with identity, with history, mythmaking, delusion, good, evil, insanity and redemption. It rewards repeated readings, and is rapidly becoming one of my favorite books.
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