Sergey Gandlevsky was born in Moscow into a family of engineers. In 1970 he entered the philological faculty of Moscow State University, where he attended the literary studio “Luch” and became friends with the poets of the future “Moscow time”. Over the past half century, he published several books of poetry and prose, won several prizes, and participated in several festivals.
A haunting dystopia some readers have called “the new 1984.” In a society where memory is rewritten and resistance is pre-approved, freedom isn’t restricted; it’s redefined. As systems evolve beyond human control and choice becomes a simulation, true defiance means refusing the script, even when the system already knows you will.
A new book of poems by Nina Kossman. “When the mythological and personal meet, something transforms for this reader…” -Ilya Kaminsky
This isn’t self-help. It’s not a parody either. It’s something stranger and smarter: a satirical, uncategorizable book about belief, leadership, algorithmic power, and the performance of divinity in modern life.
