One Billion Years to the End of the World by Boris Strugatsky Paperback Book 9780241472477

A beautiful book Ursula K Le GuinThis mordantly funny and provocative tale from Soviet Russias leading science fiction writers is the story of astrophysicist Dmitri Malianov As he reaches a major breakthrough he finds himself plagued by interruptions from a mysterious crate of vodka to a glamorous woman on his doorstep Is the Universe trying to tell him somethingOn putting down one of their books you feel a cold breeze still lifting the hairs on the back of your neck The New York Times