Der Tag Des Opritschniks by Vladimir Sorokin
A darkly satirical dystopia that follows a single day in the life of an oprichnik—an elite enforcer in a revived autocratic Russia—tracing ritualized brutality, loyalty rituals and small private indulgences as the state’s medieval-style repression fuses with modern technology and propaganda; through grotesque, often blackly comic episodes the narrative exposes xenophobia, surveillance, the commodification of violence and the erosion of individual humanity under totalizing power.
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- Published
- 2006
- Nationality
- Russian
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 200-300
- Original Language
- Russian
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- Alternate Titles
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- Day of the Oprichnik
- Den' oprichnika
- День опричника
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