Books by Matvei Yankelevich (Editor)
“I like that he invented his own name. He was born Daniil Ivánovich Yuvatchov. It marks a step into artificiality. He was a necessarily political author – he died in prison after falling foul of the Soviet regime in 1942, as many people did. But his absurdism seems to be more socially or linguistically oriented” Read more...
Interviews where books by Matvei Yankelevich (Editor) were recommended
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War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy -
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Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman and translated by Robert Chandler -
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The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky -
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The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
by Vladimir Nabokov -
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A Hero of Our Time
by Mikhail Lermontov & translator Vladimir Nabokov -
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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
by Nikolai Leskov
Books by Russian Authors
Books by Russian Authors
From the Enlightenment onwards, Russian authors have produced a vast and influential literary canon, including historic epics, absurdist classics, and tortured reflections on the human condition. Russia’s political turmoil also led to the writing of many moving memoirs and political works that sought to find solutions in spite of censorship and, for some authors, exile.
The Best Absurdist Literature, recommended by Joanna Walsh
‘Absurdism is completely out there – it’s about clashing and bright colours and over-the-top metaphors.’ Author and critic Joanna Walsh considers the peculiar nature and aims of absurdist literature, from Daniil Kharms’s shattered narratives to Isabel Waidner’s joyful assaults on sense.
