{"product_id":"9781681378206","title":"Red Pyramid","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Vladimir Sorokin","offers":[{"title":"New York Review Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-02-27","offer_id":44663221682431,"sku":"9781681378206","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_65e048ad-22a2-4c73-9b85-c5aba3a797d9.jpg?v=1704534404","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781681378206","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}