Russian Beauty

Not to be confused with A Russian Beauty and Other Stories (1973), a collection of thirteen short stories by Vladimir Nabokov.
Russian Beauty
AuthorVictor Erofeyev
Original titleРусская красавица
GenreNovel
Publication date
1990
Publication placeRussia
Published in English
1992 (UK)
1993 (US)
Media typePrint
ISBN0-67-083606-0
OCLC26395933
Preceded byLife with an Idiot 
Followed byIn the Labyrinth of Accursed Questions 

Russian Beauty (Russian: Русская красавица) is a novel written by Russian author Victor Erofeyev.

Publication

Russian Beauty was released in Russia in 1990, and then translated into more than 20 languages. It was published in France under the name « La Belle de Moscou » ("Moscow Beauty") in 1991, and in English one year later.

Summary

Beautiful and utterly perfect Irina Tarakanova relates the story of the erotic odyssey that takes her from a passionate adventure with the father of her unborn child to caring lesbian affairs with her best friend. She tells the story of her life, mostly about her sexuality and erotic actions in a very excessive way.

Reception

In 1992, the British newspaper The Independent called Erofeyev "the exuberant new iconoclast of Russian literature." Noting the novel's sexual frankness, the paper added, "Victor Erofeyev's book, Russian Beauty, gives new impact to the phrase 'the Russians are coming'."[1]

In other media

The novel was filmed by an Italian producer but was considered by the author as "unsuccessful".[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Dina Rabinovitch, "INTERVIEW / How was it for you?: Dina Rabinovitch meets Victor Erofeyev," The Independent, 15 August 1992.
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