Gorky Park
CRITIQUE | THE TEXT
First editionFirst publication
1981
Literature form
Novel
Genres
Crime, mystery, thriller
Writing language
English
Author's country
United States
Length
Approx. 156,000 words
Notable lines
First line
All nights should be so dark, all winters so warm, all headlights so dazzling.
Passages
Osborne was hiding among the endless words like a man standing sideways among trees.
Proust said that you could seduce any woman if you were willing to sit and listen to her complain until four in the morning.
"There are not many road signs in Russia, you know." He laughed. "If you don't know where the road goes, you shouldn't be on it."
Last line
He thrilled as each cage door opened and the wild sables made their leap and broke for snow—black on white, black on white, black on white, and then gone.
CRITIQUE | THE TEXT
