A set of stories about the surreal world Russians, Ukrainians and other former Soviet peoples live in. A world wherein everything and everyone is suspect, where the abnormal is normal and vodka is consumed like water. Although every story is different – from the adventures of Pussy Riot to the incarceration of Greenpeace employees, from a meteorite hitting Siberia (locals couldn’t bother less) to the utter chaos of the Maidan revolution and the pompous Janukovitsj palace turned into an theme park – in everyone of them the spirit of the Soviet Union can be felt. The characters of this book are either longing to restore the former empire or fighting communist demons.
Oorlog en Kermis – Olaf Koens (2015)
