Daniel Kalder belongs to a unique group: the anti-tourists. Sworn
to uphold the mysterious tenets of "The Shymkent Declarations," the
anti-tourist seeks out the dark, lost zones of our planet,
eschewing comfort, embracing hunger and hallucinations, and always
traveling at the wrong time of year. In "Lost Cosmonaut," Kalder
visits locations that most of us don't even know exist --
Tatarstan, Kalmykia, Mari El, and Udmurtia. He loves these places
because no one else does, because everyone else passes them by.
A tale of adventure, conversation, boredom, and observation --
occasionally enhanced by an overactive imagination -- Kalder
reveals a world of hidden cities, lost rites, mail-order brides,
machine guns, mutants, and cold, cold emptiness. In the desert
wastelands of Kalmykia, he stumbles upon New Vasyuki, the only city
in the world dedicated to chess. In Mari El, home to Europe's last
pagan nation, he meets the chief Druid and participates in an
ancient rite; while in the bleak industrial badlands of Udmurtia,
Kalder searches for Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47, and
inadvertently becomes a TV star. An unorthodox mix of extraordinary
stories woven together with fascinating history, peculiar places,
and even stranger people, "Lost Cosmonaut" is poetic and profane,
hilarious and yet oddly heartwarming, bizarre and even educational.
In short, it's the perfect guide to the most alien planet in our
cosmos: Earth.
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