Literature in post-communist Russia and Eastern Europe
Subtitle: the Russian, Czech and Slovak fiction of the Changes, 1988-98
By: Rajendra A. Chitnis.
Series: BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies ;; 16
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Slavic fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Slavic literature -- Political aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The fiction of the Changes : context and reception; title: Deaths of authors : Venedikt Erofeev, Bohumil Hrabal, Pavel Vilikovský; title: Giving a shape to one's fate : Evgenii Popov, Petr Placák, Peter Pitanek; title: The subversion of realism : Aleksandr Ivanchenko, Tat'iana Tolstaia, Duan Mitana; title: Writing as being : Jirí Kratochvil, Zuzana Brabcová, Daniela Hodrová, Michal Ajvaz, Jáchym Topol; title: Empty words : Vladimir Sorokin, Ján Litvák, Ivan Kolenic; title: Learning to live with emptiness : Viktor Pelevin, Václav Kahuda, Vlado Balla; title: Conclusion : to speak or not to speak.