Sergei Shargunov: Everyone Should Be Interested in What Is Happening in His Country

... genuinely interested in what is happening in Russia, and what its literature will be. In Europe, they know Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, etc. And those who have read their works inevitably wonder what the other Russian works, including from modern literature, are like? I can say that in Italy, my book sold very well. This year has been declared the Year of Literature in Russia. Do you think such initiatives by our authorities bear any fruit? I hope that things will move forward. It is necessary to stop the degradation happening in the form of closing libraries and bookstores. We have to build some ...