"Sin" reveals Russia's ambivalent patriotism
May 23, 2012 Phoebe Taplin
Zakhar Prilepin’s obsession with exploring the nature of Russian identity roots the book in a particular literary tradition. But his dark vision of Russian life in the novel “Sin” reveals that life can, and perhaps will, get better
Alisa Ganieva and The Chronicles of Dagestan
March 5, 2012 Xenia Grubstein
Winner of the prestigious Russian literary Debut Prize award of 2009, Alisa Ganieva, 26, writes about Dagestan in Russia’s North Caucasus and its vanishing people. Her controversial novel, “Salam, Dalgat,” was a sensation in Russia
Zakhar Prilepin talks about his new book
March 2, 2012 Anna Nemtsova, special to Russia Beyond the Headlines
RBTH's Anna Nemtsova caught up with Zakhar Prilepin, a Russian writer who portrays the hardscrabble life
Russian prodigies paid a visit to the U.S.
March 1, 2012 Xenia Grubstein
The young winners of the prestigious Debut prize were in the United States last week, on a hectic tour of New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. RBTH caught up with Russia’s youngest published authors at the New York Public Library
