Title: Russian Magic Realism with a Buddhist slant
Review: For the first fifty pages, I wondered whether this would be more than a voyage into second-rate Kafka. Then the story began to take hold. By the time I was into the second madman's story, I was hooked. If you like metaphysical voyages, like Banks' The Bridge or some of Borges' more accessible works, you will like this. If you like your Buddhism warmed over slightly, again, you'll enjoy this.I did, but I like dream-like voyages. I especially liked the spiritual guide of Chapaev.I was surprised Amazon didn't notice that the forward is part of the joke - there is no Urgan Jambon Tulku VII.
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