Olga Grushin’s debut novel
The Dream Life of Sukhanovwas published in 2006 to critical acclaim. A native Russian speaker born in the Soviet Union in 1971, Grushin moved to the United States in 1989 and subsequently adopted English as her literary language. Although written in English, the novel’s setting and characters are Russian, and it examines the universal themes of betrayal, creative genius, and the role of the artist in society within a Soviet context.
The plot unfolds in perestroika-era Moscow, over the course of eleven days in early August 1985. The narrative also contains flashbacks to earlier periods in the life of the eponymous protagonist, Anatoly Pavlovich Sukhanov, the 56-year-old editor-in-chief of the magazine Art of the World, who leads a comfortable life among the
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Citation: Hansen, Julie. "The Dream Life of Sukhanov". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 March 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=34201, accessed 04 December 2024.]