Moscoviad
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The days of Otto von F., a young Ukrainian poet and student at Moscow’s Literary Institute, are filled with endless drinking bouts with friends and unrestrained sexual adventures. That is, until one Saturday, the usual “goat-leading” ritual takes the poet into the depths of the Moscow Metro, where he witnesses a horrifying symposium of famous dead people. From now on, Otto von F. must save not only his own life from the KGB, but also his train ticket—the one he needs to get back to his native Kyiv.
Moscoviad—one of the landmark novels by the renowned Ukrainian writer Yuri Andrukhovych—is packed with grotesque and surreal moments, as well as the realities of the time that accompanied the collapse of the communist empire. Written more than thirty years ago, in 1992, the novel continues to enchant readers with its brilliant style and carnival-like atmosphere. It also feels extraordinarily relevant today, during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine—and the final collapse of the empire, which we will witness.
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