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Audio Interview with Vassily Aksyonov |
| Vassily Aksyonov talks with Don Swaim about Aksyonov's novel, The Island of the Crimea, and the problems of translating a work of literature. They discuss the censorship of Aksyonov's writings and Aksyonov talks about life in the former Soviet Union when he began writing during the relatively liberal period for writers after the death of Stalin. He remembers not even having access to photocopy machines and tape recorders, and not being able to develop color film. Listen to the Vassily Aksyonov interview with Don Swaim, 1983 Vassily Aksyonov talks about what it was like being raised in the Soviet Union while his parents were detained in prisoner camps. He also discusses many aspects of his book, The Burn and how he had to smuggle it out of the Soviet Union. Aksyonov talks about his discovery of the literary form he used in the book and the significance of its title. Don Swaim also asks whether or not Aksyonov will ever return to his homeland in this 1984 interview. Listen
to the Vassily Aksyonov interview with Don Swaim, 1984
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