Under House Arrest

Under House Arrest

by Arch Tait (Translator), YevgenyKharitonov (Author)

Synopsis

A dissident, a utopian poet and a homosexual, Yevgeny Kharitonov was a proscribed writer whose work circulated in samizdat but was never officially published in his lifetime. Kharitonov's homosexuality, which was central to his identity as a writer, gave him a unique perspective from which to write about Soviet society. A collection of autobiographical fiction, Soviet satire and essays, Under House Arrest is the first book of Kharitonov's to be published in English. It introduces to English-speaking audiences a wonderful writer who follows in the outsider tradition of Dostoevsky and Gogol.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 27 Aug 1998

ISBN 10: 1852423552
ISBN 13: 9781852423551

Media Reviews
?At times the stories are wonderfully, weirdly funny but seamed with that Russian melancholia which is as characteristic as the samovar? Gay Times ?The stories have a tortured, captivating sadness and beauty? New York Times Book Review ?Kharitonov?s individual style of writing is a literary breath of fresh air, opening the lid on a hidden world? Pink Paper
Author Bio
Yevgeny Kharitonov was born in 1941 and died in Moscow in 1981. Unpublished in his lifetime, his work has posthumously been published in Russia. Following Dostoevsky and Gogol, Kharitonov continues the outsider tradition in Russian literature.