I'm not a prophet or a teacher, I just ask questions. I don't think a writer should be a teacher, but should know how to pose the questions and explain the problems.
The Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov once said: In a Democracy, portraits of a nation's leader should never exceed the size of a postage stamp. That w… - Vladimir Sorokin
The Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov once said: In a Democracy, portraits of a nation's leader should never exceed the size of a postage stamp. That w…
- Vladimir Sorokin
The citizen lives in each of us. In the days of Brezhnev, Andropov, Gorbachev and Yeltsin, I was constantly trying to suppress the responsible citize… - Vladimir Sorokin
The citizen lives in each of us. In the days of Brezhnev, Andropov, Gorbachev and Yeltsin, I was constantly trying to suppress the responsible citize…
I'm not a prophet or a teacher, I just ask questions. I don't think a writer should be a teacher, but should know how to pose the questions and expla… - Vladimir Sorokin
I'm not a prophet or a teacher, I just ask questions. I don't think a writer should be a teacher, but should know how to pose the questions and expla…
The word "people" is unpleasant to me. The phrase "Soviet people" was drummed into us from childhood on. I love concrete people, enlightened people w… - Vladimir Sorokin
The word "people" is unpleasant to me. The phrase "Soviet people" was drummed into us from childhood on. I love concrete people, enlightened people w…
The Khodorkovsky case is typical of the "oprichnina" - the system of oppression. - Vladimir Sorokin
The Khodorkovsky case is typical of the "oprichnina" - the system of oppression.
Germans, Frenchmen and Englishmen can say of themselves: "I am the state." I cannot say that. In Russia only the people in the Kremlin can say that. … - Vladimir Sorokin
Germans, Frenchmen and Englishmen can say of themselves: "I am the state." I cannot say that. In Russia only the people in the Kremlin can say that. …
The West should be even more vocal in insisting that the Russians respect human rights. - Vladimir Sorokin
The West should be even more vocal in insisting that the Russians respect human rights.
In Russia there are special people who are permitted to do anything. They are the sacrificial priests of power. Anyone who is not a member of this gr… - Vladimir Sorokin
In Russia there are special people who are permitted to do anything. They are the sacrificial priests of power. Anyone who is not a member of this gr…
As a child I perceived violence as a sort of natural law. In the totalitarian Soviet Union, oppression held everything together. It was the sinister … - Vladimir Sorokin
As a child I perceived violence as a sort of natural law. In the totalitarian Soviet Union, oppression held everything together. It was the sinister …
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