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Sanine: by Mikhail Artsybashev

Sanine: by Mikhail Artsybashev

Artsybashev, Mikhail

Paperback

Classic Fiction

ISBN13: 9791043143014
Publisher: Culturea
Published: Mar 22 2026
Pages: 380
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
Vladimir Sanine has arrived back to the family home where his mother and younger sister live, after several years away. While deciding what to do with his life, he meets up with a circle of friends and acquaintances, old and new, and spends his time as many carefree young adults do: in a whirl of parties, politics, picnics, and philosophical talk. But the freedoms of early twentieth century Russia are still held back by the structures of historical conduct, and their carefree attitudes erode when put in conflict with society's expectations.In Sanine, Artsybashev describes a group of young adults in a time of great uncertainty, with ongoing religious and political upheaval a daily occurrence. A big focus of the critical response when it was published was on the portrayal of sexuality of the youths, something genuinely new and shocking for most readers.Artsybashev considered his writing to be influenced by the Russian greats (Chekhov, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy) but also by the individual anarchism of the philosopher Max Stirner. Sanine was originally written in 1903, but publication was delayed until 1907 due to problems with censorship. Even publication didn't stop Artsybashev's problems, as by 1908 the novel was banned as pornographic. This edition is based on the 1915 translation by Percy Pinkerton.

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