Ilya Masodov
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Ilya Masodov (unknown; some sources state 1966) is a modern Russian writer.[1]
Biography[edit]
According to the publisher, Ilya Masodov was born in 1966 in Leningrad. He worked as a school teacher for a while and moved to Germany. There is no trustworthy evidence of the existence of the writer. An agent of the writer, Dmitry Volchek, stated that Masodov is a real person, but Volchek himself is not aware of the fate of the writer after 2003.[2]
Debate over the identity of Masodov and the authorship[edit]
There is a discussion about whether Ilya Masodov is a real writer. According to one theory, Masodov is a pseudonym derived from the names of other Russian writers such as "Ma-" for Mamleev, "-so-" for Sorokin and "-dov" for Radov (or less commonly, for "Dovlatov"). Other people consider the name as an anagram from von Sacher-Masoch and Marquis de Sade.[3] It is also argued that Ilya Masodov is a project of Marusya Klimova or his publisher named Dmitry Volchek.[3]
Style and language[edit]
Some critics found Masodov uses the "pared to the bones" сreative approach of Vladislav Krapivin.[4] Masodov works between two genres, namely "Necrorealism" and "guro"[5] or "vampire horror".[6] Indeed, Masodov's world is surreal and pedophilic although there are no explicit pornographic scenes. The reality of the USSR is mixed with children's scary stories (so-called Childlore) and urban legends.
Works[edit]
- Trilogy of novels 2001:
- The Darkness of Your Eyes (Мрак твоих глаз) - a mocking and surreal story about a teenage vampire girl who travels to Black Moscow in order to raise Lenin from the dead.[7][8]
- The Heat of Your Hands (Тепло твоих рук) - the novel is about Masha Sinitsina who runs away from home because of bad grades at school. She meets another little girl, Yulia, and they started living in an abandoned house. Eventually the reader learns that Yulia is a zombie who stays in the world to take revenge on all men.
- The Sweetness of Your Soft Lips (Сладость губ твоих нежных) - The young pioneer Katya Kotova finds out that her parents are enemies of the Soviet people. She is sent to a boarding school. After that, Katya commits suicide because of sexual assault and abuse there. Eventually she turns into a demon named Snegurochka.
Additionally, a publisher of Masodov has stated that there is at least one unpublished novel by the author.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ Stasulane A. et al. Birgit Menzel; Michael Hagemeister & Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal (eds.), The New Age of Russia: Occult and Esoteric Dimensions //Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum. – 2014. – Т. 2. – №. 1. – C. 126-129.
- ↑ m.polit.ru - Volchek
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kommersant.ru
- ↑ gorky.media (2020-12-28). "Кто умер в 2020 году". «Горький» (in русский). Retrieved 2022-02-01.
- ↑ "Книга Илая". darkermagazine.ru (in русский). Retrieved 2022-02-01.
- ↑ rg.ru
- ↑ Ryzhakov: Best 100 contemporary novels
- ↑ Куликова Д. Л. ТРАНСФОРМАЦИИ ХОРРОРА В «МРАКЕ ТВОИХ ГЛАЗ» ИЛЬИ МАСОДОВА //Филоlogos. – 2021. – №. 2. – С. 47-53
- ↑ gorky.media (2019-06-02). "Идиотская история с музыкантом Моби". «Горький» (in русский). Retrieved 2022-02-01.
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