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Metro 2033 - Review

Dimitri Glukhovsky bravely published his first work on the Metro 2033 web: the origins of this country I have not known but is likely to be met with little approval from the homes Publishing and perhaps with the inability to pay an agent. Thus, his finished novel is fed to the Internet, which has devoured by returning an unexpected taste of success.
Brought to you by this part of the world only after the realization of a video game inspired by its pages by THQ, I finished the book in his hands about a month ago, sparked my interest, thanks to a storyline certainly not original but very charming.

year, of course, is Title: Following World War III inevitable nuclear holocaust and the population is now reduced by more than two decades to live underground. While the remnants of mankind strip between the tunnels first used as a basis for public transport, there is little news coming from the surface: the only certainty is that there happens something very strange. The animals are not extinct, but the massive doses of radiation they have changed and the desperate need to feed them reported at an early stage. But the beasts are not the only people in what remains of the land: an anthropomorphic unidentified species, possibly humans "evolved" to resist the radiation and the air stifling, thrives on the surface at regular intervals and attempt to invade the subsurface using all access available. The Dark Ones, so the man nicknamed, are a terrible threat. Not that things are much better under the ground: the huge Metro of Moscow (now the busiest in the world) is home to what remains of the Russian people and a new civilization is being formed. The stations were quickly transformed into independent states, poised between the total anarchy laws and improvised a new economy was born, based on the most valuable items available, namely the Kalashnikov cartridges, and the scarcity of resources forces everyone to a sluggish supply based on mushroom cultivation and breeding pigs. The interesting socio-political scenario is described with great clarity by the author, who spares no digressions bodied (often in the form of dialogue) to describe in detail the contradictions of the new Russian society. Which, incidentally, study after study seems to resemble more and more like the current one, and fanatics of the former communist bloc, including neo-fascists. In this chaos on the brink of self- Artyom the young protagonist is living a normal life after all, taking part in the shifts as a farmer, rancher or a border guard at the station known as VDNKh. This peaceful routine is suddenly interrupted by the encounter with a stalker named Hunter: the latter belongs to a paramilitary organization that deals with brave the dangers of the area to bring back as many resources and information possible. Soon convinced that the Dark Ones launched a final attack to kill the remnants of the human race, before returning to his wanderings in the hands of Artyom Hunter leaves a core mission, from which it may depend on the future of humanity. Thus begins an adventure "On the Road" with the protagonist goes on the road towards the station's legendary Polis, seemingly unreachable because of fighting between various factions. Artyom's journey will not only experience the search for truth about the Dark Ones, but above all an educational experience that will lead the young to think about fate, about what it means to be human, sense (or not) to delay an existence made of hardship, hope to return one day to the surface. On his way between the expected meetings with their different shapes, including essays, dishonest merchants, political activists, religious fanatics and rebels, each with its own point of view, each with its own explanation for the fate that apparently sensible humanity has been chosen. Between the pages of Glukhovsky there is also room for some 'action and some thrills, but the true stars are the stages of dialogue with the fascinating supporting cast and the long reflections of the protagonist on the absurdity of the human condition. A novel slow, which manages to be read with ease perilous and can boast the luxury of a final means a foregone conclusion. An interesting point of view on humanity, a return to science fiction classic, that makes imaginative use of its power to evoke thoughts of all present. Not without flaws, all the inclination to repeat some clichés in the interweaving and a tendency to confuse the reader because of structure ipetrofica, Metro 2033 is a book to read because of its apparent origin from a different culture from ours, capable of generating a universe both alien and familiar. The result, Metro 2034, has already been translated into German and English and will soon see the light even in English. Personally, I can not wait to re-immerse in the tunnels of Moscow.