Conversations in Exile - Russian Writers Abroad

In 'Conversation In Exile, ' John Glad brings together interviews with fourteen prominent Russian writers in exile, all of whom currently live in the United States, France, or Germany. Conducted between 1978 and 1989, these frank and captivating interviews provide a rich and complex portrait of a national literature in exile.

List of contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

1. The Older Generation

Igor Chinnov 31

Yury Ivask 39

Roman Goul 50

2. Makers of Fantasy and Humor

Vasily Aksyonov 69

Vladimir Voinovich 85

3. The Aesthetes

Joseph Brodsky 101

Boris Khazanov 114

Andrei Siniavsky and Maria Razanova 141

Sasha Sokolov 174

4. The Moralists

Fridrikh Gorenstein 189

Aleksandr Zinoviev 204

Natalya Gorbanevskaya 222

5. The Realists

Vladimir Maksimov 239

Edward Limonov 258

A Chronology 271

Glossary of Names 295

About the author

John Glad, ed.

Summary

Frank and capitivating interviews provide a rich and complex portrait of a national literature in exile

Product details

• Authors: Glad
• Assisted by: John Glad (Editor), John Glad (Editor), Joanna Robin (Translation), Richard Robin (Translation), Richard M. Robin (Translation)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.11.1992
• EAN: 9780822312987
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1298-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 221 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Illustrations: 14 photographs
• Series: Communications; COMMUNICATIONS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Osteuropa, Russisch, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein