Andrei Bitov: Преподаватель симметрии (The Symmetry Teacher)

The latest addition to my website is Andrei Bitov's Преподаватель симметрии (The Symmetry Teacher). This is a wonderful novel, nominally starting with a Russian man trying to reconstruct a story…

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Vladislav Otroshenko: Приложение к фотоальбому (Addendum to a Photo Album)

The latest addition to my website is Vladislav Otroshenko's Приложение к фотоальбому (Addendum to a Photo Album). This a hilarious and somewhat fanciful account of a Cossack family of thirteen…

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Vasily Golovanov: Остров или Оправдание бессмысленных путешествий [Island or A Justification for Meaningless Travel]

The latest addition to my website is Vasily Golovanov's Остров или Оправдание бессмысленных путешествий [Island or A Justification for Meaningless Travel]. This is a wonderful non-fiction novel, in which the…

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