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...Head” is by no means an indictment of communism. On the contrary, several of the stories and essays seem to almost pine for its simplicity and order. One of the finest essays in the collection, “Farewell to the Queue,” by Vladimir Sorokin, uses queues as a metaphor for the togetherness and order of Soviet society—a “quasi-surrogate for church,” which taught obedience while giving people time to ponder the advantages of socialism. In his view, the market economy replaced order with chaos, collectiveness...
...ELENA P. SOROKIN...
...Staff writer Elena P. Sorokin can be reached at sorokin@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Elena P. Sorokin can be reached at sorokin@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Elena P. Sorokin can be reached at sorokin@fas.harvard.edu...