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Praise For Arslan Khasavov’s Newest Novel “Sense”
Editorial Reviews “The main preoccupation of this young writer is identity and war. … He is concerned with representing wider problems in society through an individual life.” – Fest Magazine (Edinburgh)“One is infected with the author’s energy and his passionate aspiration to get some sense into his life, to act, to live for the sake(more)
Arslan Khasavov’s “Sense”
Overview SENSE is the name of the organization launched by a Narcissistic 20-year-old boy who wants to live for the sake of a lofty goal but is unable to fit into any socio-cultural framework. He yearns for glory and finally decides that the only way to win it is to stage a revolution. SENSE paints(more)
Best American Poetry: Longing for the Far Away. Russian Poets Read in Tribeca
Upon hearing of the Russian poetry event scheduled for May 25thas part of the Festival of Russian Arts 2012, I instantly expected surprising connections. Gathered at Poets House would be Debut Prize recipients Lev Oborin and Polina Barskova; the Debut Prize administrators Vitaly Pukhanov and Olga Slavnikova, renowned writers themselves; Alice Quinn, the head of the Poetry Society(more)
The New Yorker: Martin Amis in Conversation with Olga Slavnikova
Martin Amis has long been obsessed with twentieth-century Russian history—it is the subject of his “Koba the Dread,” an account of Stalin’s murderous regime, and of his novel, “House of Meetings,” which concerns a troubling ritual of life in the Gulag. One of the most popular English-language writers in Russia today, Amis appeared in last(more)
Thoughts from Alisa Ganieva
Olga Slavnikova and the “Debut generation” arrived in the United States early this week. This is my second trip this year. Last time, the young Russian writers were greeted with enormous interest in New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. The situation is a bit more complex now – in the beginning of June we’ll have(more)