The Myth of the Non-Russian: Iskander and Aitmatov's Magical Universe

by Erika Haber

The Myth of the Non-Russian explores the magical realist prose of two non-Slavic authors writing in Russian in the Soviet Union in the 1970s-1980s. Erika Haber argues that these authors juxtaposed their native myth with Soviet myth, thus undermining the Soviet prescription of national conformity in art by suggesting a plurality of worlds and truths.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739105310
• ISBN13: 9780739105313
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"