{"product_id":"monday-starts-on-saturday-9781613739235","title":"Monday Starts on Saturday","description":"Sasha, a young computer programmer from Leningrad, is driving north to meet some friends for a nature vacation. He picks up a couple of hitchhikers, who persuade him to take a job at the National Institute for the Technology of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy. The adventures Sasha has in the largely dysfunctional institute involve all sorts of magical beings--a wish-granting fish, a tree mermaid, a cat who can remember only the beginnings of stories, a dream-interpreting sofa, a motorcycle that can zoom into the imagined future, a lazy dog-size mosquito--along with a variety of wizards (including Merlin), vampires, and officers. First published in Russia in 1965, \u003cem\u003eMonday Starts on Saturday \u003c\/em\u003ehas become the most popular Strugatsky novel in their homeland. Like the works of Gogol and Kafka, it tackles the nature of institutions--here focusing on one devoted to discovering and perfecting human happiness. By turns wildly imaginative, hilarious, and disturbing, \u003cem\u003eMonday Starts on Saturday \u003c\/em\u003eis a comic masterpiece by two of the world's greatest science-fiction writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chicago Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781613739235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662138798236,"sku":"9781613739235","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4dfb77bb-e424-4a86-91c6-52cc3c0ca6b1.jpg?v=1603901167","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/monday-starts-on-saturday-9781613739235","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}