The first and most famous novel by writer, poet, and publicist Eduard Limonov—largely autobiographical—which brought him worldwide fame. “This is me—Edichka” even today, four decades after its first publication, remains the most frank and scandalous Russian-language novel. Extreme provocation is combined in it with literary skill and taste.
Its hero—a young poet—emigrates from the USSR to America with his wife, but soon she can’t bear life in poverty and leaves him. Alone in a huge city, Edichka wanders through New York searching for love, work, oblivion, adventures, and himself.