Russian Literature Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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This paper by Isabel Lane examines two novels from either side of the bipolar Cold War – Vladimir Sorokin’s Blue Lard (Goluboe salo, 1999) and Don DeLillo’s Underworld (1997) – and their approaches to narrative temporality and nuclear waste. https://t.co/a1nHDfwYT9

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In this article, Daniel Just explores the theme of maturity and aging in Witold Gombrowicz’s novel Pornografia. Just argues that while Gombrowicz is widely seen as a defender of immaturity and playfulness, Pornografia offers a much more complex image. https://t.co/3AVLX46q87

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In our latest issue, Rodolphe Baudin focuses on the disruptive nature of Aleksandr Griboedov’s play Woe from Wit (Gore ot uma) for 19th-century readers. Read the article here: https://t.co/QOSDDT9TiW https://t.co/TQC2szYJqt

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What is the significance of space and travel for character development in Tolstoy's War and Peace? In this article, Ani Kokobobo explores this question and shows how digital mapping can assist in visualizing space and movement in a work of this size: https://t.co/i5q65R1ZNz

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In our latest issue, Phillip Lobo discusses the The Strugatsky brothers' novel 'Snail on the Slope'. This science-fiction novel, which the brothers considered their most significant work, marks a turning point in their career. Read the article here: https://t.co/gncXRRskRd

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In our latest volume, Henrike Schmidt discusses Dubravka Ugrešić's novel 'Baba Yaga Laid an Egg'. Schmidt reads the novel as an account of the shift from disciplinary to control society and as a feminist critique of the pan-Slavic spa novel. https://t.co/KQ94dwu2S6

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Viktor Erofeev's 'Russian Beauty' caused quite a shock when it was first published. Jasmina Vojvodić discusses its protagonist Irina, who is often read as depraved. What happens if her journey is interpreted through the lens of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth? https://t.co/DPg87ixxxp

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Russian 20th-century authors embraced Guy de Maupassant for his short stories. Isaak Babel’ and Ivan Bunin reference Maupassant in their own work. His writing enables these Russian authors to articulate their identities regarding their national literature. https://t.co/9RXCwavdN4 https://t.co/qppy827mkQ

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Teffi's comedy 'A Moment of Fate' (1936), based on her story Marquita (1925), tells the story of Sashenka, a single mother who ruins her romance with a wealthy Tatar by pretending to be 'a Carmen'. You can read this excellent play in our latest issue: https://t.co/vfPmkZxe85

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Elena Fratto aims to show how Mikhail Bulgakov’s 'Heart of a Dog' challenges the markedly anthropocentric view of narrative time and narrative agency that characterized early Soviet aesthetics. https://t.co/9ruZsUWMqf