Russia – The Modern Novel

Eugene Vodolazkin: Оправдание Острова (A History of the Island)

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Post published:7 May 2023
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The latest addition to my website is Eugene Vodolazkin's Оправдание Острова (A History of the Island). This is the history of an imaginary island, told both in a series of…

Lyudmila Petrushevskaya: Нас украли. История преступлений (Kidnapped)

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Post published:29 April 2023
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The latest addition to my website is Lyudmila Petrushevskaya's Нас украли. История преступлений (Kidnapped). Petrushevskaya is best-known for her weird/dark tales and though this is a novel it takes the…

Sergei Lebedev: Титан (A Present Past: Titan and Other Chronicles)

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Post published:7 April 2023
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The latest addition to my website is Sergei Lebedev's Титан (A Present Past: Titan and Other Chronicles). This is not a novel but, as Lebedev says in his introduction, the…

Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky: Странствующее Странно (Stravaging Strange)

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Post published:23 March 2023
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The latest addition to my website is Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's Странствующее Странно (Stravaging Strange). Stravage is an old Irisih/Scottish word meaning wandering aimlessly. This book consists of three stories (plus a…

Eugenia Kononenko: Російський сюжет (A Russian Story)

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Post published:21 March 2023
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The latest addition to my website is Eugenia Kononenko's Російський сюжет (A Russian Story). This is the last in my Ukrainian marathon and, despite the title, certainly one that deals…

Zinaida Tulub: В степу безкраїм за Уралом (The Exile)

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Post published:11 March 2023
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The latest addition to my website is Zinaida Tulub's В степу безкраїм за Уралом (The Exile). This is novelised biography of the first exile of Ukraine's national poet Taras Shevchenko.…

Yuri Andrukhovych: Московіада (The Moscoviad

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Post published:8 March 2023
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The latest addition to my website is Yuri Andrukhovych's Московіада (The Moscoviad. Our hero is a Ukrainian poet called Otto Wilhelmovych von F. He has a two-year stipend to write…

Oleg Shynkarenko: Кагарлик (Kaharlyk)

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Post published:25 February 2023
Post category:Russia The Modern Novel website Ukraine War
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The latest addition to my website is Oleg Shynkarenko's Кагарлик (Kaharlyk). the book was originally on Facebook before being published as a book. It tells of the aftermath of the…

Alla Gorbunova: Конец света, моя любовь It’s the End of the World, My Love)

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Post published:4 February 2023
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The latest addition to my website is Alla Gorbunova's Конец света, моя любовь It’s the End of the World, My Love). Gorbunova is primarily a poet and this is to…

Boris Poplavsky: Домой с небес (Homeward from Heaven)

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Post published:3 February 2023
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The latest addition to my website is Boris Poplavsky's Домой с небес (Homeward from Heaven). This is a follow-up to his earlier Аполлон Безобразов (Apollon Bezobrazov) and, indeed, features the…