Judy Dempsey
An Interview with Alexander Zinoviev
Akexander Zinoviev was I suppose a ‘good’ Party memberwhile he remained in the Soviet Union. Of course there were times when he slipped up – when he didn’t play the game cleverly enough. His dissertation on logic was finally accepted after ‘major’ qualifications. It wasn’t that his arguments were confused. No. Zinoviev forgot to mention the little things like ‘according to Marx’ and ‘Engels said’ and ‘in Lenin’s writings…’ And we know that these are important labels and requirements for academic success. As Zinoviev remarks on this absurd procedure:
Sign Up to our newsletter
Receive free articles, highlights from the archive, news, details of prizes, and much more.@Lit_Review
Follow Literary Review on Twitter
'How do those of us who have enough to eat account for hunger? We often imagine it’s about drought, famine, lack of rain, corruption and incompetence. We need to be much more imaginative.'
@moorehl reviews 'Hunger' by @martin_caparros.
https://literaryreview.co.uk/feed-the-world
You only have until Tuesday to make the most of our Mother's Day offer.
An annual subscription to Literary Review, full access to our online archive, and a free copy of 'Miss Austen', the bestselling novel by Gill Hornby, all for just £35.
https://www.mymagazinesub.co.uk/literary-review/promo/mother/
You only have until Tuesday to make the most of our Mother's Day offer.
An annual subscription to Literary Review, full access to our online archive, and a free copy of 'Miss Austen', the bestselling novel by Gill Hornby, all for just £35.
https://www.mymagazinesub.co.uk/literary-review/promo/mother/