Vladimir Makanin: Andegraund, ili Geroy nashego vremeni

Abstract

The chapter is focusing on a novel of the well-known Russian author Vladimir Makanin (born in 1937) and it tries to interpret how the author undermines particular taboos present in Russian literature and culture in general.

Keywords

• Vladimir Makanin
• Russian prose
• the 80's and the 90's of the 20th century
• literary taboo
• novel