Russian Literature, 1988-1994: The End of an Era

by N.N. Shneidman

The collapse of the Soviet Union brought about radical changes in the Russian
literary world. With the state's relinquishment of control over literary production,
writers acquired freedom of expression and publication. State publishing
houses, now self-supporting enterprises, stopped printing money-losing books
and turned to foreign detective novels and erotic literature, effecting a considerable
shift in popular taste. The writer,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802074669
• ISBN13: 9780802074669
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"