A Superfluous Instrument
Forty-seven year old Alexei Varlamov is one of the most prominent modern Russian writers. He debuted with short stories in the late 1980s and gained fame in 1995 with his semi-autobiographical novel Lokh (roughly translated into English as Dupe), to be followed by Rozhdenie (Birth), which won him the prestigious Anti-Booker award. </p>
RIA Novosti // Jul. 10, 2010 - 06:38 GMT