Roman, Paperback Book, By: Vladimir Georgievic Sorokin

Vladimir Sorokin's novel opens with pages marked on the corner of the great Russian literature of the 19th century. Throughout the story and the action, the author revisits, tour, Pushkin, Tolsto, Turgenev and many others. The Russia of the depths, timeless, appears rich, warm, funny, moving, loving good drink and good food. Sorokine's mastery here is dazzling. But imperceptibly the painting is destroyed and brutally carries the hero towards a contemporary destiny and an astonishing denouement which leaves the reader startled. Known in non-conformist circles since the end of the 1970s, Vladimir Sorokin became a major Russian writer after the collapse of the Soviet Union. His novels, short stories, stories and plays are real events, eliciting praise, bitter criticism, protests, indignation. Written in the years 1985-1989, Roman is one of the author's masterpieces.