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Chargement... The Wild (édition 2005)par Matthew Whyman
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A powerful story of two young boys surviving in the harshest conditions near the now disappeared Aral Sea, where gangs make a living by gathering debris from spent rockets. They set out on a train journey fraught with danger to find a hospital to treat the 6 year old's illness. A harrowing picture of post communist life in lawless regions. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Alexi and his little brother Misha have grown up in the shadow of the nuclear arms race - indeed they make a living from it. Living in a bleak and increasingly destitute town next to the old Aral Sea in Kazahkstan, the boys and their 'crew' are the first to spot the rocket and missile testing out in the nearby desert, and first to scavenge for nuclear debris, from which they can make a good living on the black market. But when Misha starts to suffer seizures of a sinister and familiar kind, the local medical centre tell Alexi that his only hope of saving Misha's life is to take him to the nearest city where he can receive proper treatment. Taking Misha away means the brothers leave behind their family and their liveliehood, and when the boys arrive in Moscow - a city that held so much hope from a distance - they are hit by plummeting temperatures and ruthless beaurocracy. The medics there can't help Misha without the right papers, and the right money, and the brothers are left to live rough behind a deserted sports stadium. Misha's condition worsens, and when packs of wild dogs discover their hideout, he turns to them, rather than Alexi, for comfort and companionship. Slowly shut out of his brother's life, Alexi cannot pentrate Misha's guard of dogs, and has no choice but to watch him die... Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Misha has been having seizures, which are becoming worse and more frequent. The local doctors suspect a brain tumor, but they can do nothing for him and advise Alexi to take him across the country to Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, for treatment. The boys save up enough money and set off for Almaty, but wind up in Moscow instead. There they encounter further difficulties and things just go downhill from there.
This book is really interesting and shows a whole different way of life to western readers. There are some quite thrilling scenes, and good story progression. I don't think the book was perfect; there was one subplot in particular that seemed pointless and I wondered why it had been included. But on the whole I'd give the book a solid A-minus. It made me want to seek out more of this author's work. ( )