{"product_id":"red-pyramid-and-other-stories-9781681378206","title":"Red Pyramid and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eProvocative, hilarious, and tender stories about sex, violence, and politics from one of the greatest Russian writers of the post-Soviet era.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Pyramid \u003c\/i\u003eis a sort of \"greatest hits\" collection of short stories from across Vladimir Sorokin's career, beginning with scatological conceptual texts like \"Passing Through\" and \"An Obelisk\"; then plunging into the more even-tempered, but still quite uncanny, delights of his post-Soviet work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStories like \"A Month in Dachau\" earn Sorokin his moniker as the \"Russian De Sade,\" while others, like \"Timka,\" are shockingly tender--despite their graphic depictions of mass shootings and anal sex. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection also contains the infamous \"Nastya,\" a story about a family cannibalizing its daughter on the eve of the twentieth century, for which Sorokin was nearly put on trial; \"Horse Soup,\" which was the first translation from the Russian to win an O'Henry Prize; as well as stories published in Anglophone magazines such as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e to great acclaim. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated by Max Lawton with equal attention to chewiness and pop flair, \u003ci\u003eRed Pyramid \u003c\/i\u003eis introduced brilliantly, brutally, and as always, unexpectedly by Will Self. \u003ci\u003eRed Pyramid\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps the best place to begin a dive into Sorokin's arch detonation of Russian violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681378206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Vladimir Sorokin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43449007276213,"sku":"9781681378206","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_eed40416-85f8-4c31-85be-93d98f5a9306.jpg?v=1704216185","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/red-pyramid-and-other-stories-9781681378206","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}