
- 180 pages
- English
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Dispatches from the District Committee
About this book
Grotesque, deconstructive, and absolutely genius, Vladimir Sorokin's short story collection Dispatches from the District Committee is a revelatory, offbeat portrait of Soviet life beyond the propaganda and state-sponsored realism.
Celebratedāand censoredāfor its political satire, literary irreverence, and provocative themes, Sorokin's work has been recognized across the world for its scathing, darkly humorous commentary on political and cultural oppression in the Soviet Union and contemporary Russia.
Dispatches from the District Committee brings together stories from Sorokin's incendiary 1992 collection The First Subotnik/My First Working Saturday and elsewhere. Skillfully translated by Max Lawton, these stories remain subversive classics, and increasingly relevant in a post-truth information age.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Pink Tuber
- The Quilted Jacket
- Sergei Andreyevich
- First Day of the Season
- My First Voluntary Saturday
- Geologists
- Poplar Fluff
- At the Central House of Officers
- A Free Period
- A Hearing of the Factory Committee
- Called to the Director
- Sankaās Love
- A Competition
- The Tobacco Pouch
- Car Crash
- Love
- Possibilities
- A Monument
- Smirnov
- Day of the Chekist
- Translatorās Note
- Biographical Information
- Back Cover