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Sorokin’s novels do not “say” anything about Russia today.

“To love Sorokin the reader must submit entirely, without recourse or handhold,” writes critic Allison Bulger.

For the Russian novelist, the end of Soviet literary and political culture marked the loss of a powerful foil.

This rhythm in Russia, of repression and violent revolution, is well known to Sorokin, who first emerged as a writer under Soviet rule in the 1980s, when he was no less irritating to the Kremlin. He’s not just a satirist but also a speculative fantasist, and he became angrily political after Putin came to power.