《无望的逃离》内容简介：

　　一天早晨，人至中年的巴士马科夫正筹备与年轻的情人私奔至塞浦路斯，短短几个小时内，过去二十余年的荒唐人生在眼前闪过。这些年里，他一面流连于各色情人，并数次谋划逃离；一面经历着盲目的迁徙漂流，从党政机关到科研所，从下海经商到做停车场守门人，最后易职到银行，由此逃避着动荡的社会现实。正当他必须在妻子与情人之间做出选择之际，他仿佛记起了什么，于是准备重新决定自己的命运……

　　在这部不无荒诞意味的小说中，波利亚科夫生动地描摹了一个颇具典型意义的“艾斯凯帕尔”（逃离者）形象，他深陷生活的泥淖，内心迷惘，灵魂浮散，永远处于虚无状态中。继奥涅金、毕巧林、奥勃洛莫夫之后，他是又一个新型俄罗斯多余人。故事在苏联的最后几年和这个国家解体的背景下展开，也勾勒出了社会转型期的众生，展现了生存的尴尬、人性的悖谬、社会风貌的变迁。

　　著者简介：

　　尤里·波利亚科夫（1954—），俄罗斯当代最著名的作家之一，擅长以幽默、讽刺的口吻，娓娓叙述当代生活的面貌。他大学毕业后，担任过中学教师、共青团指导员、《莫斯科文学家报》编辑与总编等职务；2001年接手《文学报》，五年内提高销售量三倍，将这份历史悠久的报纸推向另一波高峰。

　　波利亚科夫二十岁开始发表诗歌作品，小说创作则为他带来真正的文学声望，代表作《羊奶煮羊羔》《从谎言帝国到谎言共和国》《蘑菇王》《无望的逃离》等。他同时还是剧作家，创作和改编的剧本常在莫斯科艺术剧院上演，而且几乎全部搬上了银幕。

　　四十年来，他的作品一直吸引着读者的关注，成为畅销书，且不断再版，也被拍摄、上演、翻译成多种语言，并被纳入学校和大学的俄罗斯文学史课程。

　　译者简介：

　　张建华，北京外国语大学俄语教授，博士生导师，享受政府特殊津贴专家。主要学术领域：俄罗斯及斯拉夫语言文学。出版专著、译著十五种，《现代俄汉双解词典》主编。

　　

"Hopeless Escape" content introduction:

One morning, the middle-aged Basmakov is preparing to elope with his young lover to Cyprus, and within a few hours, the absurd life of the past twenty years flashes before his eyes. During these years, he lingered with various lovers and plotted to escape several times; One side experienced a blind migration drift, from the party and government organs to scientific research institutes, from the sea to do business to do parking lot gatekeeper, and finally changed jobs to the bank, thus escaping the turbulent social reality. Just when he must choose between his wife and his lover, he seems to remember something and is ready to re-decide his own fate...

In this novel, which is not without absurd meaning, Polyakov vividly depicts a typical "Eskepal" (the runaway) image, he is Mired in the mire of life, his heart is lost, his soul is floating, and he is always in a state of nothingness. After Onegin, Bishorin, and Oblomov, he is another new Russian redundant. The story unfolds against the background of the last years of the Soviet Union and the disintegration of the country, and also Outlines the sentient beings in the social transition, showing the embarrassment of survival, the paradox of human nature, and the change of social outlook.

About the author:

Yuri Polyakov (1954 -), one of the most famous contemporary Russian writers, is good at describing the face of contemporary life in a humorous and ironic tone. After graduating from university, he served as a middle school teacher, Communist Youth League instructor, "Moscow Litterateur" editor and chief editor and other positions; He took over the Literary newspaper in 2001 and tripled sales in five years, taking the venerable paper to another peak.

Polyakov began to publish poetry at the age of 20, and his novels brought him real literary fame, including "Sheep's Milk Boiled Lamb", "From the Empire of Lies to the Republic of Lies", "The Mushroom King" and "Hopeless Escape". He was also a playwright, writing and adapting plays for the Moscow Art Theatre and almost all for the screen.

For four decades, his work has captivated readers, become bestsellers and reprints, has been filmed, staged, translated into many languages, and is included in school and university courses on the history of Russian literature.

About the Translator

Zhang Jianhua, professor of Russian at Beijing Foreign Studies University, doctoral supervisor, expert who enjoys special government allowance. Main field of study: Russian and Slavic languages and literature. He has published monographs and 15 translations, and is the chief editor of the Modern Russian-Chinese Double Interpretation Dictionary.