The author and the hero in the labyrinth of ideas
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The author and the hero in the labyrinth of ideas
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The name of Andrei Astvatsaturov, literary critic, professor at St. Petersburg State University, is well known not only in the professional philological environment: he is the author of books and articles on Anglo-American literature, the novels "People in the Nude", "Skunk Chamber", "Autumn in Pockets", "Don't Feed and Touch the Pelicans". In his new book, Andrei Astvatsaturov turns to the work of the classics of the twentieth century, as well as contemporary Russian writers. The combination of serious issues and fascinating manner of presentation, thanks to which Astvatsaturov is known as a brilliant lecturer, is also present in his literary works. His virtuoso analysis allows him to see paradoxes in seemingly textbook works by Anglo-American modernists such as Henry Miller, Ernest Hemingway, Jerome David Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut, and John Updike. And contemporary Russian authors turn out to be their heirs in the most unexpected way: in Roman Senchin's criminal story, the plot of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire emerges Tennessee Williams, and the chronicler of the Russian abroad Andrei Ivanov appears as a Russian Henry Miller. The book is addressed to a wide range of readers - both philologists and those who would like to better understand the works of world classics, get acquainted with the brightest names of contemporary Russian literature and feel the whimsical logic of the literary process.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Man Thinking. Ideas