by Andreï Kourkov · Liana Levi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782867462627
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«Le Caméléon» is the adventure novel by Ukrainian writer Andreï Kourkov, published by Liana Levi in paperback (286 pages, in French).
Nikolaï finds a copy of a work of Ukrainian literature with mysterious annotations. The author of those notes lies in a coffin with a treasure map under his head; the treasure is said to be in a fort in the Kazakh desert where a chameleon lives. The novel criticizes nationalisms and advocates union.
The French translation is by Christine Zeytounian-Beloüs. This edition was published in 2001. The original title of the work is «Добрый ангел смерти».
For readers of adventure novels interested in Ukrainian literature and stories with a political backdrop.
Andrii Yuriyovych Kurkov is a Ukrainian author and public intellectual who writes in Russian and Ukrainian. He is the author of 19 novels, including the bestselling Death and the Penguin, nine books for children, and about 20 documentary, fiction and TV movie scripts. His work is currently translated into 37 languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Swedish, Persian and Hebrew, and published in 65 countries. Kurkov, who has long been a respected commentator on Ukraine for the international media, notably in Europe and the United States, has written assorted articles for various publications worldwide. His books are full of black humour, post-Soviet reality and elements of surrealism.
