Operation Island and Other Stories

Smart and insightful prose about a modern person by the well-known satirist and publicist Viktor Shenderovich. Three novellas from different years—“Scheveningen” (2008), “Operation ‘Island’” (2009), “Saveliev” (2016)—Viktor Anatolyevich read himself, with his unique expressive style. As Dina Rubina puts it, the listener is in for “real prose, a concise, exhaustive phrase, precise dialogues, humor—almost imperceptibly embedded into the fabric—and at the end, a resonance of deep sadness.”

Viktor Shenderovich (born 1958) is a prose writer, playwright, publicist, and TV and radio host, a human-rights defender. Author of more than forty books. Laureate of Russian awards “Golden Ostap” (1996), “Golden Pen of Russia” (1997), “Journalism as an Act” (2003). Author of satirical programs “Puppets” and “In Total,” broadcast on the TV channel NTV in the nineties. Twice winner of the TEFI television award (1996, 2000). Laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group’s prize in the nomination “For the protection of human rights by means of culture and art” (2010). Texts by Viktor Shenderovich have been translated into English, German, French, Persian, Ukrainian, Polish, Estonian, and Finnish.