"Pinocchio and his friends go underground." Excerpt from the book “Soviet Trickster: The Cultural Heritage of Cynicism” by Mark Lipovetsky
material: Mark Lipovetsky illustrations: Sofia Khananashvili The publishing house “New Literary Review” is publishing a new book by Mark Lipovetsky, “The Soviet Trickster: The Cultural Heritage of Cynicism,” dedicated to popular characters of the Soviet era - from Julio Jurenito and Ostap Bender to Woland, Venichka and the heroes of Leonid Gaidai’s comedies. The trickster is the embodiment of the inextricable link between chaos and freedom: creative disorder and destructive self-will.
