Grotesque, deconstructive, and absolutely genius, Vladimir Sorokin's
short story collection
Dispatches from the District Committee is a revelatory, offbeat
portrait of Soviet life beyond the
propaganda and state-sponsored realism.
Celebrated--and censored--for its political satire, literary
irreverence, and provocative themes,
his work has been recognized across the world for its scathing, darkly
humorous commentary
on political and cultural oppression in the Soviet Union and
contemporary Russia.
Dispatches from the District Committee brings together stories from
Sorokin's incendiary 1992
collection The First Subotnik/My First Working Saturday. Skillfully
translated by Max Lawton,
these stories remain subversive classics, and increasingly relevant in a
post-truth information
age.