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This collection of essays by Sasha Sokolov - one of the most important living Russian novelists - presents his ideas on art, literature, writing, and culture.

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Roman «Shkola dlja durakov» - odno iz samyh znachitel'nyh javlenij russkoj literatury konca HH veka. Po opredeleniju samogo avtora, jeto kniga «ob utonchennom i strannom mal'chike, stradajushhem razdvoeniem lichnosti... ko toryj ne mozhet primirit'sja s okruzhajushhej dejstvitel'nost'ju» i kotoryj, priobshhajas' k miru vzroslyh, otkryvaet prisutstvie v mire ljubvi i smerti. Po-prezhnemu ostajutsja aktual'nymi slova pervogo izdatelja romana Kar...

Nel tempo sospeso, eterno della giovinezza, un ragazzo parla con se stesso. E a se stesso racconta tutto: della piccola stazione di provincia vicino a casa, dei suoi professori e compagni, dell'amore - l'amore per una ragazza che aspetta sempre qualcuno che non è lui. Ma subito si scopre che il protagonista non è un ragazzo 'normale': frequenta una scuola differenziale, 'la scuola degli sciocchi', e il suo racconto in realtà è l'ininterrotto, ...

Arguably the most important living Russian writer, Sasha Sokolov is an acknowledged literary master. Widely admired for his ability to elevate prose to the level of poetry, he is also known for his craftsmanship and phenomenal use of language. Until now, however, English-speaking audiences have only had access to a few of his acclaimed works — novels A School for Fools (1977) and Astrophobia (1989), and the essay ‘The Anxious Pupa.’ In The Hou...

By turns lyrical and philosophical, witty and baffling, A School for Fools confounds all expectations of the novel. Here we find not one reliable narrator but two "unreliable" narrators: the young man who is a student at the "school for fools" and his double. What begins as a reverie (with frequent interruptions) comes to seem a sort of fairy-tale quest not for gold or marriage but for self-knowledge. The currents of consciousness running thro...

Sasha Sokolov is one of few writers to have been praised by Vladimir Nabokov, who called his first novel, A School for Fools, "an enchanting, tragic, and touching book." Sokolov's second novel, Between Dog and Wolf, written in 1980, has long intimidated translators because of its complex puns, rhymes, and neologisms. Language rather than plot motivates the story--the novel is often compared to James Joyce's Finnegans Wake--and time, characters...

Between Dog and Wolf, written in 1980, has long intimidated translators because of its complex puns, rhymes, and neologisms. Language rather than plot motivates the story-the novel is often compared to James Joyce's Finnegans Wake-and time, characters, and death all prove unstable. The one constant is the Russian landscape.