📚 Modern Russian Authors, I NEED to Read 📖 Interesting Contemporary Russian Books 🌟

[@bookishtopics]

Who are some of your favorite modern authors working in your country currently? 🌞📚

[@rubenverheij4770]

🦑 I do not know ... but do you know the complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales, by Lovecraft? Ps. His full name is Howard Phillips Lovecraft 1890-1937

[@muddog3983]

Thank you for all the recommendations! I’ve enjoyed so many Russian classics and want to find some more modern authors. I will defiantly have many of these on my TBR list now🤓

[@MegaCynthia7]

Thank you for sharing this video. Very interesting authors and their work.

[@bookishtopics]

I'm glad it was interesting and hope you'll enjoy some of them 📚☕

[@marinellamaccagni6951]

Awesome video! Thanks!

[@ihorperec4990]

I just finished reading Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes and loved it. It was really very absorbing and entertaining.

[@richardcgs2001]

Except, to a lesser extent, at the beginning of the film that starts off a bit too whimsical for my taste, I did greatly enjoy the movie "Moscow doesn't believe in tears" but I was really surprised that the plot of the film didn't closely comport with that of Chizhova's book The Time of Woman as you decribed it. Unlike Antonina, Katerina doesn't die; rather, her career progresses till she manages to get promoted to factory director. She finds love in the form of a гpузин she meets by chance on the электричка. Really a happy and heart-warming ending preceded by some suspense once her Гоши finds out that she misled him about her rank and that she actually earns more than he -- too big a shock for the fragile male ego to bear! In the book, Antonina's daughter is a deaf child but in the film Katerina's daughter is an ordinary teenager. It appears roughly that the events depicted in the film take place from the late 1950s to early 1970s but the events in the book take place from the late 1930s to early 1950s during the Stalinist period of Soviet history and World War II.

[@bookishtopics]

I'm glad you enjoyed the movie :) To be honest I don't remember what I said about it in this video, maybe something was wrong. But I'm glad you watched it. It's one of my favorite movies :)

[@petitchocobo2905]

Just when I was saying to myself "I need to get into russian literature" ^^' and also just convinved my boyfriend to get me some russian classics for Xmas : p

[@bookishtopics]

I hope you'll enjoy the books he'll gift you 🌞 and you'll find some new favorites 📚

[@petitchocobo2905]

@@bookishtopics I'm sure I will!! :D

[@InshruTripathi]

You are a woman of taste, Milady 💃 Russian Literature is So Exquisitely Beautiful and Deep...

[@saltyk2795]

Class!

[@andreasday7874]

So many great interesting suggestions! Thank you for this video! I'll have to check some books out!

[@bookishtopics]

Thank you! I'm glad you found some interesting books to check out 😊

[@carpediem2305]

This was a great and informative video! Thanks for sharing! A few of these books attracted my interest!

[@bookishtopics]

I'm glad it was helpful ad interesting!

[@adageorginaalbu5605]

I really enjoy russian literature! I think is the most profund. 🥰 I have read 3 books from Evgheni Vodolazkin and I loved it: Laurus, The Aviator and Brisbane. I have other 2 books I haven't read yet. I haven't read anything from Ulitkaia but I have 2 books writen by her. I have read also Guzel Iahina, Zuleika and have another book pending. I want to buy all her books. I like her writing. Congratulations for your work. Really apreciate your channel.

[@aliceandtheworld1292]

Thank you for making this list! I was trying to find some contemporary Russian books to read so this is very helpful! Zuleikha sounds very interesting!

[@bookishtopics]

I'm glad it was useful! I hope you give Zulekha a read and enjoy it 🌟

[@tatianasilina4232]

I'll be looking forward to the part 2 on this topic 😊

[@bookishtopics]

Thank you 🌞

[@TK-mn3id]

This is an amazing list! I want to read all of the books you've mentioned! Thanks for sharing. I'm off to buy some books now

[@bookishtopics]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and found some interesting books 🌞 I hope you'll love them 📚

[@BunnyFluffies]

I think I shall add to my list Laurus and The Life of Insects!! 💛

[@bookishtopics]

I hope you like them! I've decided to read everything by Vodolazkin because people call him our modern classic. I'll start with Laurus too and then will read Aviator and then his recent book Brisbane, but I don't think it's translated yet. I am very excited to start with Laurus 📚☕

[@BunnyFluffies]

Please let us know what you think of him! (I will be reading him in russian as well, so please let us know either way heheh). I really like russian avant garde cinema like Tarkovsky’s.. but somehow my taste in books is always very classical (of all languages and countries!) and I would like to venture out a bit..so I will keep an eye on your modern kind of ”strange” book recommendations! 😌 Also, regarding Delta of Venus by Anais Nin.. you were right :| I cannot say it is disturbing, but it is just kind of icky for me! But I understand that was her purpose in the first place because of the collector who wished those books to be purely “medical”, without “philosophy” or lyricism :( Did not know that when I started the book tho! Thought it would be kind of philosophical..

[@richardcgs2001]

One year later, I would be curious to know how many of these contemporary Russian novels you have read and whether each of those that you actually read met your expectations. Sadly, I have most of the books you have recommended but I have read none of them, although I am currently slogging my way through the volumnuous Обитель (The Monastery). Prilepin's original Russian version has a whopping 746 pages with the English version about a hundred pages shorter but with the word count of both versions being equivalent. It is going to take some considerable time and effort to finish. Like you, I have Prilepin's Санкья (Sankya) on my reading list but also his Патологии. Not sure if that third one is translated into English (it must be but I have seen it only in other languages like Spanish); however, I only own the original Russian. Prilepin has other titles, the subject-matter of which I am wholly ignorant. Perhaps, if you decide that you enjoy his prose, you can conider doing an episode on his works. I also have an extensive Pelevin collection, some of which I have read. However, his works tend to be relatively short. Take, for instance, Жёлтая Стрела (Yellow Arrow), which is just 71 pages in the original Russian but so replete with symbolism and allegory that I found it helpful to read articles on the book that explain all the underlying meaning in it. That book is one of his earlier works. Critics say that his later works have run out of steam merely recycling themes that he explored in earlier tomes. I am not qualified either to agree or disagree. Perhaps you can weigh in if you were to do a vlog dedicated to Pelevin. While not recent enough to be considered amongst authors of contemporary Russian literature, Dovlatov, a favorite of your father's, is excellent with smoothly flowing, easy-to-read prose. Some of those stories in Чемодан (The Suitcase) were hilarious. Last time I read something that elicited comparable laughs was in reading the Czech author Ярослав Гашек [Похождения Бравого Швейка (The Good Soldier Schweik)]. In general, we tend not to laugh very much when reading Russian lit. Perhaps you can do an episode on light-hearted Russian lit (if you can find enough such books of course). (P.S. I did a Dovlatov "haul" when I visited Yerevan where his books are very popular probably because his mother was Armenian.)

[@lauraa4329]

I love this video! Such a great idea! I've never heard of not a single one of these books and they sound amazing! Aviator and Laurus in particular

[@bookishtopics]

I'm so happy it was interesting and useful 🌞 I hope you'll give some of these books a read 🌿📖

[@leahl442]

Thank you so much for this great list! I wasn't familiar with any of these authors, I need to correct that. Kukotsky Enigma and The Life of Insects picked my interest. I have seen the movie Moscow doesn't believe in tears, and I really loved it (and you made me want to rewatch it, and Goodbye Lenin as well!)

[@bookishtopics]

I'm happy you found some new authors to explore 🌞 Moscow doesn't believe in tears and Good bye Lenin are both really great! I want to re-watch both of them too 🌟

[@gnitsetnetukar1823]

This was very interesting. I haven't heard of any of these authors before. Now i have so many new books to explore

[@jesimielmillar6770]

Nice video!

[@richardcgs2001]

I completed reading Обитель (The Monastery) only a few days ago and I finished watching the serialized film, not quite 8 hours in length, only last night. What was interesting was that subsequently I read some отзывы on the film and I picked up information on a film called А.Л.Ж.И.Р. based on the book (Акмолинский лагерь жён ) by the Kazakh Anfisa Kukushkina. Ассогding to several reviewers, the film A.Л.Ж.И.Р., dealing with the same camp genre as Обитель, is significantly better than the latter film. The work, in film and/or book version, may be of interest to you, in particular, in that it focuses on women imprisoned in Soviet camps. Anyway, I found the DVD for about $20 but the book is wholly another matter. Probably I won't be able to find it online but will need to look for it on some dusty shelf in some used bookstore in Central Asia. Not sure if it is history or fiction: suspect the former. (By the way, I purchased the DVD "Moscow does not believe in tears," on the basis of your recommendation, and intend to watch it tonight.)

[@bookishtopics]

Oh I'll need to check out Акмолинский лагерь жён I haven't heard about this book or the movie. Thank you for sharing! I hope you enjoy Moscow does not believe in tears I LOVE this movie! Let me know what you think of it, but I really really hope you'll enjoy it!

[@angelhuff1026]

I penned a book called "Weak Love and Strong Love". I am American, yet the book is set in Russia long ago. The tale is dramatic like some Russians.

[@tatianasilina4232]

I recommend Ksenia Buksha. She has a book called The Freedom Factory. It's a different but still a fascinating read.

[@bookishtopics]

I haven't heard of this book. Thank you for your recommendation! 🌞📖

[@rubenverheij4770]

🧹 Watch Russian television series [ in 10 episodes ] : "Master and Margarita" by Vladimir Bortko (2005), or read novel written between 1928 and 1940 by Michail Boelgakov [ Soviet Union ].

[@criselda.]

Laurus sounds interesting! I hope you already read that book by now as I am watching all your videos in order. I downloaded the book and if you like it I will definitely read it 😊

[@JaxBespoked]

Laurus is a new classic. It is moving and wonderful.

[@Mrs.Moriarty]

I always love Books playing in Russia or written by Russian Authors. Thank you for this interest books! As I love Fantasy I read all the Books from Sergej Lukianenkos Night Watch Books. I also saw the Movies 😅 When I was younger I read some books from Ludmila Ulitskaya and also Polina Daschkowa (those are Mystery Books , I wrote her Name like its written on the german Translations) That Book which sounds a bit like Good By Lenin sounds really sounds interesting. I put it on my Wishlist on Goodreads^^ (I got a bit nostalgic when you talked about the Movie. It was really a big one in Germany. Daniel Brühl, who played the Main Character, got really famous after that, even internationally) You already know Daniel Kehlmann^^ who wrote Tyll, and many more books. You might now The Reader by Bernhard Schlink, because of the Movie Adaption. This Book is already a modern classic, a lot of people read it in school aswell. But its really interesting. Julie Zeh, her books are often sound like a Crime Novel, but thats only the plotline, her writting style is much deeper and she often writes about society itself. The also writes for important German Journals and Newspapers.

[@bookishtopics]

Ohh I know Polina Dashkova, she is a very famous detective story writer. I haven't read her books, because I don't usually read detective stories, but she is very popular. 📚 I need to organize myself a movie night and re-watch Good Bye Lenin. That's such a great movie! I first watched it at university with our German language teacher. That was a fun experience to watch a movie with the whole group. It's a rare occasion in Russian universities. I watched the reader on my friend's recommendation. I really liked that movie. I must read the book too. It must be great. Thank you for reminding me of it 🌞 I should also check out Julie Zeh. I haven't heard of her! Thank you for the recommendation!

[@РусланЗаурбеков-з6е]

Dashkova writes not quite bad "woman" detective books, but a bit of boring, IMHO. (i wonder, was anything by Marinina translated to German? )))

[@laurab2572]

Thanks for recommending these sort of book. I dind´t know The time of women and waht you've commented about it sounds brilliant

[@bookishtopics]

It really must be a great book. And the fact that it's based on Moscow doesn't believe in tears, which is a fantastic movie, makes me all more excited! I hope you give it a read too and enjoy it 🌞📖

[@user-bn9wi9hv1u]

I love this list. All the books sound very interesting! I'll do my best to find them

[@bookishtopics]

I hope you'll give them a read and will enjoy them 😊

[@helenapupkess3192]

I have read The Aviator by Vodolazkin and I really enjoyed it. It discusses what memorys are and what the value of memorys is. The memorys of the main character are not big historical events, but very personal ones. By the way, i have read it in a german translation and it‘s title is quite interesting I think. The german title is Luftgänger, which does not mean aviator or pilot or something like that, instead it is a neologism that describe someone who walks in the air (Luftgänger: Luft means air, Gänger means walker)

[@bookishtopics]

Your comment makes me very excited to pick this book up! I find the topic of memory fascinating! I didn't realize it was one of the central themes of the book. I'll have to get and read it. The German translation is indeed interesting! Is it like someone who walks on a rope? Or like completely flying?

[@helenapupkess3192]

@@bookishtopics Well, Luftgänger is rather a made-up , new word (in the German Language you can pretty much put multiple nouns together and you get something new) so it doesn‘t has a single undisputed meaning. But I would definitely say, Luftgänger meaning something like flying seems the most likely. Someone who walks on a rope is a very different word.

[@resistenceisfutile]

Pelevin yes, he is worth attention. For those who are interested, on KZbin with English subtitles there is a movie"Generation P", based on his book. Good book, good movie. Zakhar Prilepin is not worth mentioning here, as he is an active supporter of the current criminal power in Russia, as well as a fan of all this imperialistic nonsense. I strongly don't recommend messing around with this stuff. What else? Of the less "normie" reading matter, you should definitely get acquainted with the work of Vladimir Sorokin, and the recently deceased Yuri Mamleev. Although Mamleev wrote most of his works during the Soviet era.

[@Hvitlys]

I didn't find the movie Generation P here on youtube with English subtitles. I wanted to watch it, since I just read the book. Has it been removed?

[@resistenceisfutile]

​@@Hvitlys This movie definitely was here. Now I only found that movie here with Czech subtitles. Apparently the version of the film with English subtitles was removed.

[@Hvitlys]

@@resistenceisfutile That's what I figured, thanks a lot for checking. Too bad!! I hope I can watch the movie at some point

[@17scull]

I want to read all of these. I have a feeling they're my kind of books. Thank you :)

[@bookishtopics]

I hope you'll enjoy them :)

[@ceciliaminaful]

Hi! It was very interesting to know modern authors in Russia 😍 Here in Brazil there is the feminist Djamila Ribeiro, Raphael Montes writes suspense very well and my favorite writer is Lygia Fagundes Telles , she is 97 years old , her books are about love, fear , everyday life surrounded by madness and fantasy !

[@bookishtopics]

I'm glad it was interesting 🌞 Lygia Fagundes Telles sounds incredible! I'll try to find her books in English translation! 😊 Happy New Year! And I hope you'll find lots of new great books in 2021! 🎄❄

[@ceciliaminaful]

@@bookishtopics thank you !! Happy New Year for you and your family , wishing you all the good energy for 2021 and great reads for all of us 💞🤗🥂🍾📚

[@michaelenns8872]

All the books of the second half of the video caught my attention. So the books about a part of the history of russia. This is interesting to me because I am the only family member that has not lived in russia.

[@bookishtopics]

I hope you'll give them a read and will enjoy them! :)

[@mariajohnson2294]

Boris Akunin (Борис Акунин)!

[@ainas1087]

:*)

[@SunriseFireberry]

Can't read 0 unless it's trans. into English. You missed living under Soviet dictators. Lucky you. From your reading of 20thC Russian history, which Soviet dictator do you feel was best (least bad?) to live under: Stalin, Khrushchev, or Brezhnev? How wild were the '90s in Russia in the area where your family lived? Important contemporary authors from Canada. I don't know any French ones except for Yann Martel. The Can. literary establishment LOVES M. Atwood (I've seen her in real life), M. Ondaatje, Nobel Lt. Prize winner A. Monro, and to a lesser degree Anne Carson. The establishment ain't quite so keen on ESJ Mandel, M. Toews, Guy Gavriel Kay, and the children's lit. author K. Oppel, even though IMO these folk deserve acclaim. Then the CanLit book establishment has also named the following 9 "emerging authors" for a relative degree of puffed fame. Whether they deserve it or not or some will be a matter of debate, but here they are, hilited on this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaSUlJuorq6mi68&feature=emb_logo I have never heard of any of 'the 9' though.

[@bookishtopics]

All of the books I've mentioned in the video are translated into English that's why I chose them 🌞 As for the dictators, anybody was better than Stalin. He was by far the worst. As for the best, I guess Brezhnev, but I don't really have a reason other than comparing my grandparents' and my parents' stories about growing up. My grandparents had it way worse. Like my grandmother told me that when she was a student they almost never could buy food. there were days when they only had a loaf of bread for a few days to eat. That was Khrushov's time. Food wasn't that big of a problem in my parents ' university time. My parents even went to travel abroad. Obviously only to communist countries. My mom went to Cuba for a trip and my dad to Eastern Germany. It was of course with supervision by a representative of the communist party, but still. My grandparents have never been abroad. There wasn't any money or opportunity for it. Thank you for your Canadian literature recommendations. I'll check them out

[@РусланЗаурбеков-з6е]

@3:25 -- "in Soviet Union abortion was prohibited..." WTF???

[@bookishtopics]

yes, they indeed were prohibited from 1936 - 1955 (which is when part of the book takes place 40s - 60s), in these years women could have an abortion only if the pregnancy was threatening their life. In other cases (not being able to support a child, not wanting a child etc.) it was prohibited.

[@РусланЗаурбеков-з6е]

@@bookishtopics so, not "in USSR" -- but "in USSR between 1936 and 1955".