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Aleksandr Skorobogatov

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Grodno, Belarus

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Aleksandr Skorobogatov was born in Grodno in what is now Belorussia. He is one of the most original Russophone writers of the post-communist era. An heir to Dostoevsky, Gogol, Bulgakov, Nabokov, Pelevin and Sorokin – the surreal line of the Russian literary canon – his novels have been published to great acclaim in Russian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Greek, Serbian and Spanish. He won the prestigious International Literary Award Città di Penne for the Italian edition of Russian Gothic, which also received the Best Novel of the Year Award from Yunost. Cocaine (2017) won Belgium’s Cutting Edge Award for ‘Best Book International’. His most recent novel, Raccoon, was published by De Geus in 2020. De Tijd has called Skoro ...more

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	Russian Gothic by Aleksandr Skorobogatov (Goodreads Author), Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse (Translator) 3.59 avg rating — 709 ratings — published 1991 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Portret van een onbekend meisje by Aleksandr Skorobogatov (Goodreads Author), Rosemie Vermeulen (translator) 3.90 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cocaïne by Aleksandr Skorobogatov (Goodreads Author), Rosemie Vermeulen (translator) 3.24 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De wasbeer by Aleksandr Skorobogatov (Goodreads Author), Rosemie Vermeulen (Translation) 3.39 avg rating — 88 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Achter de donkere wouden 4.42 avg rating — 52 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aarde zonder water by Aleksandr Skorobogatov (Goodreads Author), Rosemie Vermeulen (Translator) 3.46 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oorlogskronieken, Verhalen uit Belarus, Rusland en Oekraïne 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Audiëntie bij de vorst by Aleksandr Skorobogatov (Goodreads Author), Rose-Marie Vermeulen (Translator) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Is Russian Gothic misogynistic?

I wrote ‘Russian Gothic’ in part about my beloved mother, whose precious life was destroyed by my alcoholic father — and about her countless sisters in pain across the former Soviet Union: women who suffered silently under all forms of domestic abuse, because they couldn’t find help back then — and still can’t today.

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Aleksandr Skorobogatov and 2 other people liked Kathy's review of Achter de donkere wouden: "Een van de meest onthutsende boeken die ik in lange tijd las. Skorobogatov richt zich in zijn boek rechtstreeks tot zijn vermoorde zoon. Deze stilistische ingreep zorgt ervoor dat dat woorden van deze voor het leven verwonde vader inslaan als bommen." Read more of this review »
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“Het enige wat je nodig hebt, is een hart sterker dan de dood, en liefde sterker dan angst.”
― Aleksandr Skorobogatov, Achter de donkere wouden

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“Toegegeven, het leven is genereus met verdriet en rampspoed, maar ik kan me geen grotere rampspoed voorstellen.”
― Aleksandr Skorobogatov, Achter de donkere wouden

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“Veel werd gewist door de tijd, de vader en beul van onze herinneringen.”
― Aleksandr Skorobogatov, Achter de donkere wouden

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