2017: A Novel
In the year 2017 in Russia€“ exactly 100 years after the revolution€“ poets and writers are obsolete, class distinctions are stingingly clear, and mischievous spirits intervene in the lives of humans from their home high in the mythical Riphean Mountains.
Professor Anfilogov, a wealthy and emotionless man, sets out on an expedition to unearth priceless rubies that no one else has been able to locate. His expedition reveals ugly truths about man€s disregard for nature and the disasters created by insatiable greed.