'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. This new edition-translated by Olena Bormashenko, whose translation of the authors’ Roadside Picnic has received widespread acclaim, and supplemented with a new foreword by Hari Kunzru and an afterword by Boris Strugatsky, both of which supply much-needed context-reintroduces one of the most profound Soviet-era novels to an eager audience. Yet until now the only English version (out of print for over thirty years) was based on a German translation, and was full of errors, infelicities, and misunderstandings. By Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky (Translated by Olena Bormashenko).

Anton is an undercover operative from future Earth, who travels to an alien world whose culture has not. Hard to Be a God has inspired a computer role-playing game and two movies, including Aleksei German’s long-awaited swan song. Hard To Be A God by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky. But given his orders, what role can he play? Don Rumata has been sent from Earth to the medieval kingdom of Arkanar with instructions to observe and to save what he can. hard to be a god.to choose a way to govern the world find a is one of the last books the writers wrote so the blurb suggests and may stem from discount with their view of earthly politics.all earthly politics and what is needed to reform government.a medieval source of.

With his doubt and compassion, and his deep love for a local girl named Kira, Rumata wants to save the kingdom from the machinations of Don Reba, the First Minister to the king. Masquerading as an arrogant nobleman, a dueler and a brawler, Don Rumata is never defeated but can never kill. It tells the story of Don Rumata, who is sent from Earth to the medieval kingdom of Arkanar with instructions to observe and to influence, but never to directly interfere. An unnamed planet in the Noon Universe has not yet progressed beyond the Middle. Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are widely known as the greatest Russian writers of science fiction, and their 1964 novel Hard to Be a God is considered one of the greatest of their works. And indeed, the plot of Hard To Be a God suggests all the pitfalls of allegory.

Hard to Be a God by Arkady Strugatsky