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Vanya Bagaev

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Tulubaika, Russian Federation

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https://www.nova-nevedoma.com

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Vanya Bagaev is a Russian-British writer of experimental and speculative fiction. He writes about weird characters in whimsical situations, employing a lot of unhinged dialogue, absurd, dark and dank humour, dreamlike sequences, hysterical surrealism, magical realism, sudden philosophical and psychological romps, stylised prose, often infused with poetry, witty comedy, poignant twists, Russianness, logic and lunacy, literary anarchy, magic degeneracy, and many other sublime matters. "Deleted Scenes from the Bestselling Utopian Novel" is his first novel. Vanya's other work is available on his website Nova Nevédoma. ...more

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Posts from Underground 1.2

This project aims to recreate Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky’s “Notes from Underground” with modern vocabulary and setting.

Previous instalments of “Posts”: 1.1

Now, dear readers, whether you want it or not, I want to tell you why I couldn’t become even a bug. I’m serious when I say I wanted to become a bug, many times, read Kafka and all that. But even that didn’t help. I swear, dear read

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	Deleted Scenes from the Bestselling Utopian Novel 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Debut Project and Other Stories by Vanya Bagaev (Goodreads Author), Ilia Bagaev (illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You can't see anything with your metaphorical cataracts. Your blindness is your bliss.”
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“Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.”
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