Vladimir Sorokin
Russian author whose transgressive and conceptually violent fiction attacks Soviet and Russian cultural mythology. The Queue, Blue Lard, and Day of the Oprichnik have established him as Russia's most provocative contemporary novelist.
Works
- The QueueAbsurdist minimalist novel depicting a queue in Soviet-era Russia
- Blue LardTransgressive novella shocking readers with crude scenes of Soviet life
- IceDystopian novel about authoritarian Russia ruled by a quasi-fascist regime
- Day of the OprichnikFuturistic novel following an officer enforcing totalitarian rule in Russia
- The Blizzard