This number of essays issues perceptions of the West as mirrored within the paintings of Russian writers of the 3rd Wave of emigration. The authors comprise numerous recognized writers similar to Aksenov, Gladilin, Zinik and Loseff in addition to Soviet and Western students, and the result's either diverse and fabulous: within the gentle it throws at the Russian mentality, at the phenomenon of exile and on features of the West. it's going to curiosity scholars of up to date literature, of the Soviet mentality, and of exile as a rule.
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