Cries in the New Wilderness

by Mikhail Epstein

Book Overview

"Cries in the New Wilderness presents a completely new view of the spiritual life of Russian society...The book is full of tragicomic tension and brings to mind the multivoiced novels of Dostoevsky."--Ilya Kabakov

Inside the disintegrating Soviet Union, a professor compiles "The New Sectarianism," a classified manual of manifestos, articles, and sermons by members of banned religious sects--from the mystical Thingwrights and the absurdist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967967554
• ISBN13: 9780967967554
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Paul Dry Books
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A laugh-out-loud experience

"Cries in the New Wilderness" is a subtly laugh-out-loud experience. Epstein has the most incredible imagination I have ever encountered. I have no idea how he dreamed up all the various religious sects described in the book while managing to balance them so perfectly between plausability and utter absurdity.