Twenty-Six Men and a Girl by Maxim Gorky
Major themes: the alienation of labor, idealization/fetishization, pretzels.
Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov
Major themes: gulags, carnivorousness, latent classicism, guerilla warfare.
Sankya p.2 by Zakhar Prilepin
Major themes: fatherlessness, arson, murderous intent, National Bolshevism
Sankya p.1 by Zakhar Prilepin
This week, Matt and Cameron will be reading the first half of Sankya by Zakhar Prilepin.
Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel
Major themes: Bolshevism, Buyer’s Remorse, The Russian Civil War, Cossacks, Socratic Debate