Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin
2013, English. Directed by Sarah Wallis & Paul Mitchell.
Who is the new Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, or Gogol waiting to be discovered by the English-speaking world? Hosted by actor, author, and activist Stephen Fry, focuses on six authors whose vibrant, idiosyncratic work continues to gain traction with a global audience: Dmitry Bykov, Mariam Petrosyan, Zakhar Prilepin, Anna Starobinets, Vladimir Sorokin, and Lyudmila Ultiskaya. With contributions from their literary critics, publishers, and peers, the film features extensive interviews with each author.
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- 0h 55m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
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- 13 December 2013
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- Sarah Wallis, Paul Mitchell
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Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin (2013) was directed by Sarah Wallis and Paul Mitchell and stars Stephen Fry, Vladimir Sorokin, Zakhar Prilepin.