The Akunin Project: The Mysteries and Histories of Russia's Bestselling Author
Elena V. Baraban, "The Akunin Project: The Mysteries and Histories of Russia's Bestselling Author"
English | ISBN: 1487525761 | 2021 | 372 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1487525761 | 2021 | 372 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The Akunin Project is the first book to study the fiction and popular history of Grigorii Chkhartishvili, one of the most successful writers in post-Soviet Russia. In the first two decades of the twenty-first century, Chkhartishvili published over sixty books under the pen names Anatolii Brusnikin, Anna Borisova, Akunin-Chkhartishvili, and, most commonly, Boris Akunin. His series featuring the tsarist secret policeman Erast Fandorin has sold over 15 million books in Russia alone, making Akunin one of the bestselling authors of the post-Soviet era. Combining intertextuality, allusions, pastiche, and other markers of postmodern playfulness, many of Akunin’s works have been translated into English and have also been adapted for film and television. Akunin’s public profile has been further enhanced by his active involvement in mass political protests against Vladimir Putin.
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