Rock, Paper, Scissors by Maxim Osipov sociology their desires and dreams

their desires and dreams

mediated the relationship between the Soviet state and its citizens and was at the centre of both the government's and the people's visions for the maturing Communist project

Lenin arrived at Petrograd's Finland Station and set foot on Russian soil for the first time in over a decade

a haunting echo of the works of Varlam Shalamov and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

using the fascinating history of a nation to illuminate its future

Rock, Paper, Scissors by Maxim Osipov sociology their desires and dreamsMaxim Osipov, who lives and practices medicine in a town ninety miles outside Moscow, is one of Russia's best contemporary writers. In the tradition of Anton Chekhov and William Carlos Williams, he draws on his experiences in medicine to write stories of great subtlety and striking insight. Osipov's fiction presents a nuanced, collage like portrait of life in provincial Russia its tragedies, frustrations, and moments of humble beauty and inspiration.