"This anthology is an indispensable tool for those who want to understand the convoluted cultural universe of the post-war Soviet Union. Bringing together texts by such diverse authors as Nikita Krushchev and Dmitry Prigov, Vladimir Vysotsky and Yevgeny Yevtushenko (among many others), the anthology presents the last four decades of Soviet culture as a polyphony of contradictory and incompatible voices. ... Read moreShaped by modernists and traditionalists, formalists and realists, this period emerges as an exciting colorful mosaic of people, ideas, and texts."
Serguei A. Oushakine, Princeton University "Both volumes provide a valuable addition to courses on late Soviet or post-Soviet literature and culture. They contain comprehensive collections of diverse materials and include texts that were not previously translated into English, in excellent translations and supplemented with footnotes, as well as previously published texts that are less familiar to American students. While both volumes have the same editors and provide new and exciting materials for courses in late Soviet and contemporary Russian culture, they differ substantially in their structure and content. Therefore, they present different advantages and challenges for being a course textbook or supplement ... Because it includes many key authors of the period, it could be used as a stand-alone course reader. Moreover, it contains a good balance of primary and secondary texts that provide additional historical and theoretical context ... Both readers present a compelling collection of materials and well-written introductory essays that might be interesting for a scholar of Russian Studies."
Irina Anisimova, Miami University of Ohio, The Russian Review no. 76 vol. 2 April 2017 Show Less