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 won't happen so quickly in Russia.
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. …
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 …
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.
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