The works of Alexander Goldstein from the perspective of his friends and acquaintances
Abstract
The paper presents the opinions and characteristics of the work of the Russian-Israeli writer and
journalist Alexander Goldstein (1957–2006), winner of, among others, the Andrei Bely Prize for his novel Quiet Fields (2006). The author of the paper recalls the statements of the writer’s friends and acquaintances, who are mostly enthusiasts of his work (Roman Katsman, Sergey Orobiy, Stanislav L’vovskiy, Yelena Fanaylova and others). The article emphasizes the importance of Goldstein’s creative achievements for contemporary Russian literature and a relatively small circle of his readers. Attention is also paid to the causes and consequences of the departure of the author of Parting from Narcissus from essays, which brought him popularity and prestige, to novel forms. Based on the opinions of experts in Goldstein’s prose, an attempt was made to describe its distinctive features, which determine the everlasting value of his essays and novels.
Keywords
Alexander Goldstein; Israel; Russian literature; existential literature; emigration
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Dr hab., od roku 2002 adiunkt w Zakładzie Historii Literatury Rosyjskiej Instytutu Filologii Wschodniosłowiańskiej Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. Zajmuje się współczesną prozą rosyjską, szczególnie prozą historyczną i fantastyką. Interesuje się także twórczością rosyjskich postmodernistów i praktykami postkolonialnymi w literaturze rosyjskiej. Jest autorem monografii Proza historyczna Bułata Okudżawy. Z problemów gatunku i intertekstualności oraz książki Grając przeszłością i przyszłością. Rosyjska fantastyka alternatywna i socjologiczna. Ważniejsze publikacje w czasopismach i tomach zbiorowych: „Wyspa Krym" Wasilija Aksionowa jako przykład prozy alternatywno-historycznej, Rosyjska powieść historyczna w refleksji krytycznej i literaturoznawczej, Dlaczego nie antyutopia? „Kyś" Tatiany Tołstoj a „literatura środka”, „Metro 2033”, czyli postapokaliptyczna przestrzeń labiryntu, Rosyjska proza alternatywna w krytyce rosyjskiej, S.N.U.F.F. – utopia zrealizowana (o pewnym aspekcie powieści Wiktora Pielewina), Aleksandr Prochanow – trubadur czerwonego imperium.
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