Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Maxim Gorky
Major themes: the alienation of labor, idealization/fetishization, pretzels.
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Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov
Major themes: gulags, carnivorousness, latent classicism, guerilla warfare.
View episodeSankya p.2 by Zakhar Prilepin
Major themes: fatherlessness, arson, murderous intent, National Bolshevism
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This week, Matt and Cameron will be reading the first half of Sankya by Zakhar Prilepin.
View episodeRed Cavalry by Isaac Babel
Major themes: Bolshevism, Buyer’s Remorse, The Russian Civil War, Cossacks, Socratic Debate
View episodeThe Nose by Nikolai Gogol
Major themes: Table of Ranks, Peter the Great, Magical Realism, Phallic symbolism.
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