WP on Sorokin
In the Washington Post, David Hoffman discusses the controversy surrounding Vladimir Sorkin's Blue Lard in a good feature story about the "literary spring" in Russia. The post-Soviet "decade of revolutionary change has calmed a bit, and a writer's spring is unfolding. Every few months an author captures the country's imagination, and bookstores are jammed; tables are piled high with inexpensive paperbacks. Moreover, a new generation of popular writers has appeared, and they reflect the enormous changes that have swept the country in the last decade." A nice photo of Sorokin holding his dog accompanies the article. The Post also runs a short excerpt from Vladimir Sorokin's novel Ice. . . . Vladimir Sorokin's personal site is pretty cool even if you don't read Russian.
