Max Lawton

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Max Lawton joins us to discuss his new translation of Vladimir Sorokin's Blue Lard, a controversial Russian novel originally published in 1999. We talk about where this book fits into Sorokin's varied career, its irreverent treatment of political and literary icons, and the spirit of freedom that permeates every page. Want to boost your L-harmony? Give our Patreon a look-see: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84429384

Drew finally lifts his editing embargo and the show recently described as "your boyfriend's favorite podcast" returns with a special guest-- the esteemed, humble, and oddly jacked translator Max Lawton. We talk about...what the hell did we talk about? Many arcane Russian writers we don't know about, non-binary bombs, a bizarre fascistic musical (also Russian), Philip Roth (I think), Stephen King, tuna melts. Tune in and remember with us.

Max Lawton @maxdaniellawton Buy Miquel de Palol’s The Garden of Seven Twilights from https://dalkeyarchive.store/products/the-garden-of-seven-twilights Upcoming projects and publications Upcoming 2023 - New Sorokin short stories, Blue Laird. Schattenfroh - Michael Lenz (Sample) See https://theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/schattenfroh-by-michael-lentz/ Songs of Chaos - Antonio Moresco (sample) See https://theuntranslated.wordpress.com/tag/songs-of-chaos/ Oğuz Atay - Tutunamayanlar (The Disconnected) Current read and recommendations Out of The World / Wolves from The Forest of Eternity - Knausgaard The Shards - BEE Hakan Günday - books Cormac McCarthy - The Passenger/Stella Maris

In this episode we talk to Max Lawton — translator of Vladimir Sorokin, a cult Russian novelist whose cult status has only grown after the start of the Ukrainian war and Russia’s hard turn to a paranoid and closed-off society. Now there’s an effort to get Sorokin more widely read in America. We talk about Sorokin, his politics, his views on literature, and Max’s approach to translation. —Yasha and Evgenia PS: We reference an interview Max did with the Untranslated blog. Check it out here . Want to know more? We recorded a few eps on Russian culture and lit… * Eduard Limonov and Natalia Medvedeva w/Thierry Marignac * All the Sad Soviet Immigrant Lit * Anti-Soviet identities in the USSR * Lenin's flesh (and no blood) * Watching American movies in the USSR ft. Boris Levine * …and the rest of the archive . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.nefariousrussians.com/subscribe

“Their Four Hearts” by Vladimir Sorokin, translated by Max Lawton BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3OlMvaX First published until the title Сердца Четырех by Конец Века, 1994 First published in English by Dalkey Archive Press, 2022 Paperback, 209 pages ISBN: 9781628973969 Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3A5k1Ov Storygraph: https://bit.ly/3NkVsA6 Sections: 00:00 Preamble 03:29 Vladimir Sorokin: A Brief History 07:38 Publication History 09:13 Plot & Satirical Intent 14:59 The Russian De Sade (feat. Max Lawton) 01:07:44 On Violence and Libido 01:15:21 The Aesthetics of Resistance 01:21:59 End Notes Readings from p. 72, 116 Secondary Resources: 1. Vladimir Sorokin: https://bit.ly/3u1HlZI 2. The Shock Jock of Russian Letters: https://bit.ly/3OKtD5o 3. Moscow Conceptualists: https://bit.ly/3niUHNi 4. He Envisioned a Nightmare […] Living in One: https://nyti.ms/3ndQx9v 5. Vladimir Sorokin – Сердца Четырех: https://bit.ly/3AlbY0b 6. Socialist Realism: https://bit.ly/3NmN0jB 7. Interview with Max Lawton: https://bit.ly/3uq7oKj 8. Vladimir Putin […] Power: https://bit.ly/3xXMmmY 9. Camille Paglia – Sexual Personae: https://bit.ly/3HZOxeA 10. Long Live Socialist Realism: https://bit.ly/3NrbqZb My thanks to Dalkey Archive Press for the review copy, and to Max Lawton for his time and attention. Max Lawton on Beyond the Zero: https://bit.ly/3NnyaJQ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/wastemailinglist/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/wastemailing EMAIL: wastemailinglist@gmail.com SUBSTACK: https://wastemailinglist.substack.com/ ANCHOR.FM: https://anchor.fm/wastemailinglist MY BEYOND THE ZERO INTERVIEW: https://bit.ly/36vqoyd Music: “I Hate That” by ThisKidsNoGood https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisKidsNoGood #VladimirSorokin #RussianLiterature #TheirFourHearts #Telluria #DayOfTheOprichnik #PostSovietLiterature #SocialistRealism #Satire #TransaltedLiterature #BookReview #BookAnalysis #Postmodernism #PostmodernLit #FyodorDostoyevsky #Dostoyevsky #LeoTolstoy #NikolaiGogol #LeafByLeaf #BetterThanFood #SherdsTube #TravelThroughStories