Yulia Kysla
«Postmodernism in Action», or Searching for the Pasts Ghosts
The reviewer analyzes the known book by Kate Brown "Biography of No Place: From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland" and draws attention to numerous factual mistakes, incorrect transliteration of names, sloppy terminology, at times patronizing language, which nonetheless did not prevent the book from gaining international recognition. Julia Kysla raises questions about the professional usefulness of the stylistically attractive and interesting narration.