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Aleksandr Skorobogatov

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Grodno, Belarus

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Aleksandr Skorobogatov was born in Grodno in what is now Belarus and has lived and worked in Antwerp, Belgium, since the 1990s. He is widely regarded as one of the most original Russophone writers of the post-communist era. An heir to Dostoevsky, Gogol, Bulgakov and Nabokov – the surreal line of the Russian literary canon – his novels have been published to great acclaim in Russian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Greek, Serbian and Spanish.

His cult novel Russian Gothic (originally Sergeant Bertrand) received the International Literary Award Città di Penne for its Italian edition and the Best Novel of the Year Award from Yunost, and was praised by The New York Times as “a lambent portrait of madness.” His novel Cocaine (2 ...more

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	Russian Gothic by Aleksandr Skorobogatov (Goodreads Author), Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse (Translator) 3.60 avg rating — 726 ratings — published 1991 — 12 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
	Portret van een onbekend meisje by Aleksandr Skorobogatov (Goodreads Author), Rosemie Vermeulen (translator) 3.90 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2008 — 5 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
	Cocaïne by Aleksandr Skorobogatov (Goodreads Author), Rosemie Vermeulen (translator) 3.24 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2003 — 7 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
	Achter de donkere wouden 4.12 avg rating — 116 ratings — 2 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
	De wasbeer by Aleksandr Skorobogatov (Goodreads Author), Rosemie Vermeulen (Translation) 3.39 avg rating — 88 ratings — 2 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
	Aarde zonder water by Aleksandr Skorobogatov (Goodreads Author), Rosemie Vermeulen (Translator) 3.46 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2002	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
	Oorlogskronieken, Verhalen uit Belarus, Rusland en Oekraïne 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings	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
	Audiëntie bij de vorst by Aleksandr Skorobogatov (Goodreads Author), Rose-Marie Vermeulen (Translator) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994	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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Is Russian Gothic misogynistic?

I wrote ‘Russian Gothic’ in part about my beloved mother, whose precious life was destroyed by my alcoholic father — and about her countless sisters in pain across the former Soviet Union: women who suffered silently under all forms of domestic abuse, because they couldn’t find help back then — and still can’t today.

I’m writing about a victim of daily violence.
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Aleksandr Skorobogatov made a comment on Ayesha’s review of Russian Gothic " Dear Ayesha, This is the story of a victim of domestic violence — inflicted by a veteran of the Afghan war who suffers from PTSD. It reflects the fate ...more "
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“Het enige wat je nodig hebt, is een hart sterker dan de dood, en liefde sterker dan angst.”
― Aleksandr Skorobogatov, Achter de donkere wouden

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“Toegegeven, het leven is genereus met verdriet en rampspoed, maar ik kan me geen grotere rampspoed voorstellen.”
― Aleksandr Skorobogatov, Achter de donkere wouden

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“Veel werd gewist door de tijd, de vader en beul van onze herinneringen.”
― Aleksandr Skorobogatov, Achter de donkere wouden

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