Hey /lit/, can you recommend me some books that take place in a communist/socialist society? It doesn't matter if it's portrayed positively or negatively. I'm aware of Bulgakov and plan to read him. Thanks!
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Dr Zhivago
Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
>>7590392
Life and Fate.
Basically all russian literature of the 20th century. Start with the gree-
Bulgakov.
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Envy by Olesha
solzhenitsyn - one day in the life of ivan denisovitch
platonov - foundation pit
grossman - life and fate or everything flows
The Queue - Sorokin
Thank you, some great recommendations here! Going to check them all out.
oh yea the books that are popular/recommended/known these days will all tend towards the critical perspective. if you want some soviet realism that approaches it from a positive angle try some stuff like:
ostrovsky - how the steel was tempered
gorky - mother
Don't forget Doestoevsky's Demons. Its pre-Bolshevik but deals with the same revolutionary concepts.
George Orwell Homage to Catalonia is a must-read on socialist society
If you want communists propaganda, read books which belongs to Socialist realism. But they are all garbage...
