Locating Exiled Writers in Contemporary Russian Literature Exiles at Home [Hardcover]

This innovative study examines the work of exiles from the Soviet Union who returned to a reformed post-Soviet Russia to initiate narrative processes of self-definition oriented toward a readership and nation seeking self-identity, all at a time of social, political and cultural transition within Russia itself.Introduction: The Exiles Return Russian Cosmopolitan Agency Abroad and At Home Authenticity, Camera, Action The End of ExileThe End of Return?

Locating Exiled Writers in Contemporary Russian Literature is a fascinating study that significantly contributes to contemporary re-examination of Russian ?migr? literature.Wakamiya carefully avoids hasty compartmentalization of the subjects of her research: she gives due attention to every single author. At the same time, she is able to weave a theoretical framework which unites their work by highlighting their common underlying creative processes, rather than simplifying their connection under the artificial construct of shared ?migr? identity. - Marina Balina, Isaac Funk Professor of Russian Studies, Illinois Wesleyan University

Wakamiya s Locating Exiled Writers in Contemporary Russian Literature is exciting as a historical study of late Soviet and post-Soviet Russian literature and useful as a theoretical exploration of narratives of return compared to much more well-researched narratives of exile. This is a highly professional and much needed work which will find readers not only amongst professors and students of Russian literature, but will also appeal to a broader circle of literary and cultural scholars. - Mark Lipovetsky, Associate Professor of Russian Studies, University of Colorado-Boulder

The geography of Russian literature changed irrevocably after 1991: ?migr? writers could go home at last, in print and in person. Wakamiya s smart, well-crafted study of exiled writers return to Russia puts literature and the role of the author in a broad cultural studies lc)