Angst (novel)

Angst (Russian: Страх) is a 2001 novel by Oleg Postnov. Critics have claimed that Angst builds on the tradition of Pushkin's Queen of Spades, Gogol's Viy, and even on the writings of Jorge Luis Borges. Angst won the first prize in the "Catch of 1999" Russian nationwide competition.

Plot

A story of love of a Russian youth and a Ukrainian beauty is set in the deep Ukrainian country in 1991. Postnov's treatment of the political and ethnographic background of that year became relevant once again in 2014, given the Russian annexation of Crimea.

Awards and recognitions

Postnov's Angst took the first prize in the "Catch of 1999"[1] Russian nationwide competition was nominated for the Russian Booker Prize of 2002;[2] for the National Bestseller Prize;[3] and shortlisted for the prestigious Apollon Grigoriev Prize.[4]

Critical reception

Critics have described Postnov's work as an amalgamation of the Russian's classics—"as if [Vladimir] Nabokov took on a rewrite of Gogol's Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka[5]—with the added "macabre of Edgar Allan Poe."[6] Critics have claimed that Angst builds on the tradition of Pushkin's Queen of Spades, Gogol's Viy and even on the writings of Jorge Luis Borges.[7] In Germany, where critics took Angst to be Postnov's literary debut, Die Berliner Literaturktitik compared the book to Nabokov's Lolita and called Postnov a "magician."[8]

References

  1. ^ "Setevoi Literaturny Konkurs". Strakh. Archived from the original on 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  2. ^ Editorial. "The News, Booker Prize, Voprosy bez otvetov". Gramota Ru. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  3. ^ Oleg, Postnov. "Setevaya Slovestnost". Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  4. ^ Vasilevski, Andrei. "Литературная премия имени Аполлона Григорьева". Russki Zhurnal. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  5. ^ Tokarchuk, Maria (2001-10-22). "Lolita v tyomnykh alleyach". Knizhnoe Obozrenie. 43 (1845): 5.
  6. ^ Lopushanskaya, Elena (2002-02-21). Russkaya Mysl'. 4397. Paris.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  7. ^ Danilkin, Lev (May 2001). "Kolyaska: Rukopis, naidennaya Olegom Postnovym". Afisha. 9 (55): 94.
  8. ^ Die Berliner Literaturkritik (December 11, 2003). "Die große, unerfüllte Liebe, Oleg Postnows Romandebüt "Angst"".
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