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Chargement... A Provincial Tale, A Godforsaken Hole and The Islanders: Uezdnoe, Na kulichkakh i Ostrovitiane (Russian Edition)par Yevgeny Zamyatin
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Yevgeny Zamyatin was a Russian author of science fiction and political satire. He is most famous for his 1921 novel We, a story set in a dystopian future police state. Despite having been a prominent Old Bolshevik, Zamyatin was deeply disturbed by the policies pursued by the CPSU following the October Revolution. Due to his use of literature to criticize Soviet society, Zamyatin has been referred to as one of the first Soviet dissidents. This volume contains three of his earliest works of short fiction: A Provincial Tale, A Godforsaken Place and The Islanders. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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He makes up his own words and phrases at times - words that describe a situation or a person so much more precisely than existing words, and that was an eye-opener too. He seems to thrive on satire and irony and is so clever and fresh and good at it as hardly any author I have encountered. His power of observation of a Russian soul, Russian identity is unparalleled, his adherence to detail in his descriptions is superb.
The first two novellas take place in Russia, the third - in England. And he shifts from East to West with incredible ease - pinpointing, in the outrageously descriptive, hilarious (and at times morbidly sarcastic and/or melodramatic) way everything that stands out in each nationality. But at the same time, he doesn't stereotype (well, he does - with a masterful touch - and he doesn't!) - his characters are made of their own individual traits, often very unusual in a compellingly good way, and often - so exaggeratedly off-putting that it takes you by surprise; but it makes them no less real. ( )