“The world is a needle, and we are the thread.” Telluria by Vladimir Sorokin is a fragmented, surreal novel set in a post-apocalyptic future where Europe has collapsed […]
Russian literature
The Queue
“The line is life itself.” The Queue by Vladimir Sorokin is an experimental novel that captures the absurdity and monotony of Soviet life through the lens of people […]
Russian literature
Day of the Oprichnik
“The Tsar’s word is law, and the law is the Tsar’s word.” Chapter 1: Morning of the Oprichnik The novel opens with Andrei Danilovich Komiaga, a high-ranking oprichnik […]