About the Author

Robert Porter is currently a Reader in Russian Studies at the University of Bristol. His recent publications include Russia's Alternative Prose (Berg, 1994), a study of some aspects of post-communist fiction; a translation of a collection of stories by Evgeny Popov, Merry-Making in Old Russia (Harvill, 1996); and an edition of Vladimir Voinovich's By Means of Mutual Correspondence (BCP, 1996).