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Ivan Lukaš's novel depicts the tragic love story of the great Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. The novel follows his unrequited love, artistic struggle, alcoholism, and decline in 19th-century imperial Russia.
The work depicts the process of creating a literary hero and mocks bureaucracy, superficiality, and the artificial creation of "ideal" stories according to predetermined rules.
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There is no doubt that it is most attractive to read The Call to Execution as it appears to be written, as an anti-utopian or anti-totalitarian novel...
The novel follows Boris Kostomarov, an engineer in Soviet Russia, who, through conflicts with bureaucracy, moral questioning, and the fates of people in remote forests, reveals the complexity of Soviet society and the price of personal conscience.
Venedikt Yerofeyev's postmodern prose poem is today considered a classic of new Russian literature. It is compared to Gogol and Kharms for its poetics of absurdity, satire, and metaphysical depth.