Russia's Open Book: Writing in the Age of Putin

Who is the new Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, or Gogol waiting to be discovered by the English-speaking world? Hosted by actor, author, and activist Stephen Fry, focuses on six authors whose vibrant, idiosyncratic work continues to gain traction with a global audience: Dmitry Bykov, Mariam Petrosyan, Zakhar Prilepin, Anna Starobinets, Vladimir Sorokin, and Lyudmila Ultiskaya. With contributions from their literary critics, publishers, and peers, the film features extensive interviews with each author.

• Release date
• December 13, 2013
• Runtime
• 55 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Sarah Wallis

Cast

Stephen Fry Vladimir Sorokin Zakhar Prilepin Lyudmila Ulitskaya Anna Starobinets Juliet Stevenson Self- Narrator (voice) Dmitry Bykov