between socialist realism and classicism. It asserted that greater similarities exist between Soviet literature and that predating the 19th century than exist between Soviet (socialist realist) literature and the intellectual skepticism plaguing the protagonists of 19th-century Russian novels. The Trial Begins (1960) is a short novel with characters reacting in different ways to their roles in a totalitarian society, told with elements of the fantastic. The Makepeace Experiment (1963) is an allegorical novel of Russia where a leader uses non-rational powers to rule. Fantastic Stories (1963) is a collection of short stories, such as "The Icicle". The stories are mostly culled from the 1950s and 1960s and are written in the fantastic tradition of Gogol, E. T. A. Hoffmann, and Yevgeny Zamyatin. A Voice from the Chorus (1973) is a collection of scattered thoughts from the Gulag, composed in letters he wrote to his wife. It contains snippets of literary thoughts as well as the comments and conversations of fellow prisoners, most of them criminals or even German war prisoners. Goodnight! (1984) is an autobiographical novel. Soviet Civilization: A Cultural History (1990). Кошкин дом. Роман дальнего следования (1998). Strolls with Pushkin (Columbia University Press, The Russian Library, 2016) (translated by Catherine Theimer Nepomnyashchy and Slava I. Yastremski). In Gogol's Shadow (Columbia University Press, The Russian Library, 2021) (translated by Josh Billings) Articles Further reading References External links Andrei Siniavskii Papers at the Hoover Institution Archives Obituary: Andrei Sinyavsky, The Independent, February 27, 1997 Literary Guide Avram Tertz Sinyavsky/Tertz. Anthology of Samizdat Sinyavsky/Tertz: Face, Image, Mask. Toronto Slavic Quarterly Sinyavsky/Tertz. Alexander Belousenko's Electronic Library 1925 births 1997 deaths Moscow State University alumni Writers from Moscow 20th-century Russian writers Soviet short story writers Soviet novelists 20th-century short story writers Soviet dissidents Soviet prisoners and detainees Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by the Soviet Union Soviet emigrants to France Academic staff of the University of Paris Academic staff of Moscow Art Theatre School Russian prisoners and detainees Soviet military personnel of World War II Dubravlag detainees