Chapter 5: 'Znamenie'

Philip Cavendish

From Mining for Jewels: Evgenii Zamiatin and the Literary Stylization of Rus' (2000), pp. 115-48, doi:10.59860/td.c37a5cd

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Philip Cavendish

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Abstract.  If 'Afrika' is about a searcher who undertakes a spiritual quest in order to recapture an unearthly experience, 'Znamenie' is about a sceptic who seeks but ultimately fails to find salvation in religious faith.

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