A Russian artist’s compromise with Soviet bureaucracy provokes a surreal midlife crisis in this first novel by Russian-born Grushin. Anatoly Sukhanov, editor-in-chief of an official Soviet art magazine, becomes increasingly disoriented following a birthday celebration honoring his father-in-law Malinin, an “approved” artist who—in the fiery words of Sukhanov’s radicalized younger self—had “sold his soul to the devil” Author: Olga Grushin. · The Dream Life of Sukhanov. by Olga Grushin. Viking £, pp Olga Grushin's first novel is the sort of book where you can see what is going to Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. · The Dream Life of Sukhanov (, ) by Olga Grushin I don’t know about you, but as I grow older, I rarely read a book with the total abandonment I used to experience as a child or a teenager. Olga Grushin, a young(ish) American writer who emigrated from Russia at eighteen, must have some special powers in order to cast this spell with both her novels, The Line and The Dream /5.
Olga Grushin (born June ) is a Russian-American novelist Biography. Born in Moscow to the family of Boris Her first novel, The Dream Life of Sukhanov written in English, was a New York Times Notable Book of , won the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. THE DREAM LIFE OF SUKHANOV. By Olga Grushin. pp. Marian Wood/ G. P. Putnam's Sons. $ A decade ago, a friend of mine, a former Soviet apparatchik who'd found work with an American company. The Dream Life of Sukhanov, By Olga Grushin pp. Marian Wood/ G. P. Putnam's Sons. $ Adecade ago, a friend of mine, a former Soviet apparatchik who'dfound work with an American company in.
The Dream Life of Sukhanov by Olga Grushin | Editorial Reviews. NOOK Book (eBook) $ Paperback. $ NOOK Book. $ View All Available Formats. Olga Grushin’s astonishing literary debut has won her comparisons with everyone from Gogol to Nabokov. A virtuoso study in betrayal and its consequences, it explores—really, colonizes—the consciousness of Anatoly Sukhanov, who many years before abandoned the precarious existence of an underground artist for the perks of a Soviet apparatchik. But, at the age of 56, his perfect life is suddenly disintegrating. The Dream Life of Sukhanov. by Olga Grushin. Viking £, pp Olga Grushin's first novel is the sort of book where you can see what is going to happen from page three; the only question is how.
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