Alexander Ilichevsky is known for dense prose that often combines philosophy, classical touches, and settings as diverse as Azerbaijan and the hidden tunnels of the Moscow Metro. He won the 2007 Russian Booker Prize for his novel Matisse, about a Moscow physicist who gives up a comfortable life to wander.
Alexander Ilichevsky
Articles by Alexander Ilichevsky
Tuesday May 1
from Matisse
Vadya’s biography was as much invented as it was true. There were so many blown-out-of-proportion intricacies to remember that he’d long ago lost sight of the facts.