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Moscow Circles

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1rocketjk
Jan 2, 2010, 12:11 pm

I recently read Moscow Circles (or Moscow to the End of the Line) by Benedict Erofeev (or Venedikt Erofeyev). I thought it was quite haunting. Any thoughts on this book?

2languagehat
Dec 20, 2015, 2:56 pm

You probably won't see this response (almost six years late!), but in case anyone else is interested, by all means read this book -- it's practically a bible to Russians who grew up in the last decades of the Soviet Union, and it's an irresistible combination of religious/romantic angst and drunken merriment. (It's also an anthology of quotes from, references to, and jokes about Russian literature, but that aspect won't mean as much to non-Russians.) Highly recommended.

3rocketjk
Dec 20, 2015, 3:35 pm

Thanks! Six years later, although I no longer remember too many details about this book, I still remember its spirit. Very interesting to get this information, even now!

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