Limonov E-Book

Valérie Nigdelian-Fabre

• Herausgeber: BrightSummaries.com
• Kategorie: Bildung
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Seitenzahl: 20

Beschreibung

What should we learn from Limonov, the novelized portrait of the famous Russian writer and politician? Find out everything you need to know about this work in a complete and detailed book report.
You will find in this booklet:
- A complete summary
- A presentation of the main characters such as Limonov and Emmanuel Carrère
- An analysis of the specificities of the work: the history of Russia, fascism and the confusion of ideologies, the Russian literary environment and the question of gender
A reference analysis to quickly understand the meaning of the work.

Leseprobe

EMMANUEL CARRÈRE

Writer, screenwriter and director

•Born in 1957 in Paris

•Some of his works:

°The Snow Class (1995), novel

°Other Lives Than Mine (2009), novel

°Limonov (2011), novel

Born in 1957 in Paris, Emmanuel Carrère is a writer, screenwriter and director. Son of historian and academic Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, a specialist in Russia, he started out as a film critic before turning to fiction in 1983 with his first novel, L'Amie du jaguar. Since then, he has been published by POL and won the Prix Fémina in 1995 for La Classe de neige. Since L'Adversaire (2000), which recounts the Jean-Claude Romand affair, Emmanuel Carrère has put fiction aside to devote himself to writing documentaries and stories, such as Un roman russe (2007) and D'autres vies que la mienne (2009). After collaborating on TV films as a scriptwriter, he turned to directing himself by adapting his novel La Moustache for the cinema in 2005.

LIMONOV

Limonov or the portrait of a gargantuan man

•Genre: autofiction

•Reference edition:Limonov, Paris, P.O.L., 2011, 496 p.

•1st edition: 2011

•Themes : investigation, violence, Russia, history

Limonov, published in 2011 and awarded the Prix Renaudot the same year, is the author's twelfth book. Continuing the Carrère family's interest in Russia, Limonov paints a portrait of a key figure in contemporary Russia, whom Carrère met on several occasions: Edward Limonov, a respected hero in Russia, a charismatic dissident and a neo-fascist thug. Halfway between investigation and fiction, history book and adventure novel, Limonov attempts to unravel the mystery of Carrère's fascination with this complex character, while tracing the history of Russia since the Second World War, the decline of communism and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

SUMMARY

THE INVESTIGATION INTO EDWARD LIMONOV

In 2006, Emmanuel Carrère was sent to Russia after the assassination of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist and outspoken opponent of Vladimir Putin, then head of government. At the annual commemoration of the Dubrovka theatre massacre, he recognised Edward Limonov, whom he had met in Paris in the early 1980s.

GOOD TO KNOW: DUBROVKA THEATRE MASSACRE