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The Freedom of Fantasy

Fantasy plays a crucial role in new Russian writing. Olga Slavnikova, acclaimed author of 2017 and Lighthearted, looks at why contemporary Russian writers opt against the realism of classic writers Tolstoy and Dostoevsky and instead continue in the line of Bulgakov and Platonov, expressing reality through a mix of fantasy and other genres

Wednesday 13 April 6.30pm

Westminster Reference Library, 35 St. Martin’s Street, London WC2H 7HP

Tickets: Free, call 020 7641 1300 to reserve a place