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Sniper: A Novel (2010)

by Nicolai Lilin(Favorite Author)
3.79 of 5 Votes: 2
ISBN
0393082113 (ISBN13: 9780393082111)
languge
English
publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
review 1: This book is a sequel to Siberian Education where Nicolai Lilin's violent upbringing prepares him for brutal combat in the Second Chechen War. He has the ability to insert details in the midst of military actions which amplify issues. An old man is shot down and run over by tanks as he stands in the road. Lilin notices the medals on his jacket and realises he's a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. There are no overt politics in Free Fall but lots of clues for the reader to ponder over.
review 2: Dal quartiere siberiano all'inferno della guerra cecena nel giro di poche ore. Dal senso di appartenenza a una comunità a un iniziale senso di sradicamento. Per poi indossare la guerra come una seconda pelle, insieme a quella che diventerà la "sua" squadra, l'unico
... morepunto di riferimento certo in due anni trascorsi combattendo e tentando di rimanere vivo. La morte diventa una compagna da ammirare e amare, unico modo per tenerla lontana. Le scene di battaglia si susseguono, spesso si ripetono, narrate con tono distaccato e con un linguaggio colloquiale, che a tratti si fa sciatto, mai retorico. less
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pixal8ed
Enjoyed the new perspective but was left a bit disappointed by the blur between reality and fiction.
lili
A gripping expose. Read this and you'll know Hollywood has no idea. A frightening reality show.
Lats
Gave up on it after first few chapters. Very poor and didn't hold my interest at all.
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