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Tag Archives: Russian
Illarion and the Dwarf (Илларион и Карлик) by Vladimir Gubin
Vladimir Gubin has remained in the history of Russian literature as the author of one work, which he kept reworking and polishing for 15 years, from 1981 to 1996. I’d like to start my review with two dismissals of this … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Reviews
Tagged Илларион и Карлик, Illarion and the Dwarf, Russian, Vladimir Gubin
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Interview with Max Lawton: On reading Russian literature, translating Sorokin, books in need of translation and retranslation, learning languages, and ambitious projects
We finished this interview a month ago when even in the worst nightmare I could not have conceived that the deranged Kremlin dictator would launch an open, full-scale invasion of Ukraine. If we were talking now, this conversation would definitely … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged Blue Lard, Max Lawton, Russian, Telluria, Their Four Hearts, Translation, Vladimir Sorokin
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Return to Egypt (Возвращение в Египет) by Vladimir Sharov
Vladimir Sharov’s dense and voluminous novel, the winner of the 2014 Russian Booker Prize and a runner-up of the Big Book Award of the same year, is in many ways similar in its themes, ideas and obsessions with the much … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Reviews
Tagged A. A. Ivanov, Beguny, Chichikov, Dante, Dead Souls, Возвращение в Египет, Exodus, Kazimir Malevich, Nikolai Gogol, Old Believers, Return to Egypt, Russian, Tash Hauli Palace, The Appearance of Christ Before the People, The Divine Comedy, The Government Inspector, The Inspector General, Vladimir Sharov
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