SERGEI LEBEDEV has been called the most important younger Russian author writing today. His novels have been translated into many languages and three of his works—Oblivion, The Year of the Comet and The Goose Fritz—have been published in English to great acclaim by New Vessel Press.
ANTONINA W. BOUIS has translated over 80 works by Russian authors such as Evgeny Yevtushenko, Mikhail Bulgakov and Andrei Sakharov. Bouis, previously executive director of the Soros Foundation in the former USSR, now lives in New York City.