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Idleness that is always with you

Duration: 0:33:44

Polk podcast revisits how Russian literature speaks of idleness . From the blissful bliss of romantic poets to the pathological inactivity of Oblomov . From moralizing verses of Marshak and Barto to the real trial of the "parasite" Brodsky .

Language: Russian
Topics: LiteraturePoetryRussian LiteratureOblomovBrodskyMarshakBarto

Intimate Man

Duration: 0:31:56

To the 120th anniversary of Andrei Platonov, Polk editors Varvara Babitskaya, Lev Oborin, Polina Ryzhova and Yuri Saprykin are discussing . Why do his books look more modern today than ever? Is he a Soviet writer? And what is the Soviet project for him? What is the peculiarity and strangeness of his language?

Language: Russian
Topics: LiteratureRussian LiteratureBrodskyBooksAndrei Platonovthe late seventies