Al'herd Baharėvič's Sabaki Eŭropy :a Belarusian 1Q84 ?

Al’herd is considered to be an enfant terrible, or even a “bad boy” of present-day Belarusian literature. The country’s movers and shakers in the world of belles lettres grudgingly take notice of the sheer beauty and innovativeness of his prose and plotlines. But they choose to slight the author, for instance, through denying him the first place in the annual Jerzy Giedroyc Literary Award ( Litara-turnaja premija imia Ježy Hedrojca ) for Belarusian-language writers. Recently, Baharėvič finally took offence – rightly so – and publically requested that the autobiography on his youth as a punk ro... Mehr ...