The mysterious novelist who foresaw Putin’s Russia – and then came to symbolise its moral decay
www.theguardian.com
Victor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled the country, he still sells millions. Has he become a Kremlin apologist?
  • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    Pelevin was satirizing 90s’ Russia and its emerging capitalist culture and his critiques still stand, because Putin’s Russia is just less fucked up version of 90s’ Russia. Trying to reduce his works to “satires of authoritarianism” is extreme cherry-picking.