Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation (In-Formation)
"Winner of 2007 Wayne Vucinicy Book Award(best book of the year) from  American Society for Eastern European, Eurasian and Slavic Studies  (ASEEES)""Alexei Yurchak'sEverything Was Forever, Until It Was No Moreimmediately seduced me by its very title with a profound philosophical  implication that eternity is a historical category--things can be  eternalfor some time. The same spirit of paradox runs through  the entire book--it renders in wonderful details the gradual  disintegration of the Soviet systemfrom withinits ideological  and cultural space, making visible all the hypocrisy and misery of this  process. I consider Yurchak's book by far the best work about the late  epoch of the Soviet Union--it is not just history, but a pleasure to  read, a true work of art." (Slavoj Zizek, author ofIn Defense of Lost Causes)If there is a prize for best title of the year, this book surely deserves it. Alexei Yurchak . . . has written an interesting and provocative book about the way young Soviet Russians talked in the Brezhnev period and what they meant by what they said. (Sheila Fitzpatrick,London Review of Books)Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No Moreis an important book. . . .Everything Was Foreverprovides fresh paradigms that pack a hefty explanatory punch both with regard to its immediate subject matter and beyond. Its publication means that discussions of Soviet life, culture, and literature that rely on the old, rigid binarisms are going to seem instantly dated. . . . [T]his study is a must-read. (Harriet MuravCurrent Anthropology)Amidst these prolix transformations in Russian language and civilization, Yurchak's contribution has come in the form of a deep listening. (Bruce GrantSlavic Review)The strength of Yurchak's study is in its methodological-analytical grasp of the seemingly contradictory nature of everyday existence. . . . Yurchak provides an elegant methodological tool to explore the complex, intersecting and often paradoxical nature of social change. (Luahona GangulyInternational Journal of Communication)