"The Diary of a Communist School Boy" (1966) in readers' reviews
Abstract
The follow-up rubric, entitled “Interviews” reflects upon the recollections of readers who were introduced to the first post-WWII publication in Russia of The Diary of a Communist School Boy (1966). The question the editors tried to address was focused on the reception of the book after more than thirty years of being out of circulation. Ognev wrote his novel in the immediate proximity of the events of the 1920s described in the book. What themes, problems, and literary devices remain of interest today? Which ones sound archaic and have disappeared, which ones remain acute and still provide evoke interest by the contemporary readers? Among the interviewees of this project are well-known literary specialists, publishers, translators, and journalists, such as Konstantin Polivanov, Elena Romanicheva, Ilya Bernstein, Tatiana Sigalova, and others.
