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Say Cheese
1989-11-05T20:06:01-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNzE0XC8wMDk4MDEtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Soviet dissident Vassily Aksyonov talks about his latest novel, Say Cheese: Soviets & the Media. It is a fictional account of a group of Soviet photographers who venture to publish their works without the approval of the Communist Party. Expelled from the Soviet Union in 1980, Aksyonov describes his novel as metaphorical: the photographers represent Metropol, the writers' group headed by Aksyonov which led to his expulsion. Trained in the Soviet Union as a medical doctor, he now is a professor of Russian literature at George Mason University. Also discussed is In Search of Melancholy Baby: A Russian in America, a travelogue published in 1986 detailing Aksyonov’s impressions of life in the United States. In addition, he discusses Soviet education and the “miraculous rise” of Mikhail Gorbachev.
Soviet dissident Vassily Aksyonov talks about his latest novel, Say Cheese: Soviets & the Media. It is a fictional account of a group of So…
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Soviet dissident Vassily Aksyonov talks about his latest novel, Say Cheese: Soviets & the Media. It is a fictional account of a group of Soviet photographers who venture to publish their works without the approval of the Communist Party. Expelled from the Soviet Union in 1980, Aksyonov describes his novel as metaphorical: the photographers represent Metropol, the writers' group headed by Aksyonov which led to his expulsion. Trained in the Soviet Union as a medical doctor, he now is a professor of Russian literature at George Mason University. Also discussed is In Search of Melancholy Baby: A Russian in America, a travelogue published in 1986 detailing Aksyonov’s impressions of life in the United States. In addition, he discusses Soviet education and the “miraculous rise” of Mikhail Gorbachev. close
Soviet dissident Vassily Aksyonov talks about his latest novel, Say Cheese: Soviets & the Media. It is a fictional account of a group of So… read more
Soviet dissident Vassily Aksyonov talks about his latest novel, Say Cheese: Soviets & the Media. It is a fictional account of a group of Soviet photographers who venture to publish their works without the approval of the Communist Party. Expelled from the Soviet Union in 1980, Aksyonov describes his novel as metaphorical: the photographers represent Metropol, the writers' group headed by Aksyonov which led to his expulsion. Trained in the Soviet Union as a medical doctor, he now is a professor of Russian literature at George Mason University. Also discussed is In Search of Melancholy Baby: A Russian in America, a travelogue published in 1986 detailing Aksyonov’s impressions of life in the United States. In addition, he discusses Soviet education and the “miraculous rise” of Mikhail Gorbachev. close
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