Dispatches from the District Committee

Title: Dispatches from the District Committee
Author: Vladimir Sorokin
ISBN: 9781628975178
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2025
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher Description: Grotesque, deconstructive, and absolutely genius, Vladimir Sorokin's short story collection<br><i>Dispatches from the District Committee</i> is a revelatory, offbeat portrait of Soviet life beyond the<br>propaganda and state-sponsored realism.<p>Celebrated--and censored--for its political satire, literary irreverence, and provocative themes, <br>his work has been recognized across the world for its scathing, darkly humorous commentary<br>on political and cultural oppression in the Soviet Union and contemporary Russia.</p><p><i>Dispatches from the District Committee</i> brings together stories from Sorokin's incendiary 1992<br>collection <i>The First Subotnik/My First Working Saturday</i>. Skillfully translated by Max Lawton, <br>these stories remain subversive classics, and increasingly relevant in a post-truth information<br>age.</p>