In this episode, Jake and Alex give a general introduction to Postmodernism in Russian 20th century literature, and where it can be located in Venedikt Erofeev's beloved "Moscow to the End of the Line." Strange alcoholic recipes abound, hand in hand with the subversive nature of this "poema" in all its postmodern, enigmatic glory.

Bibliography:

1. "In Praise of Booze: 'Moskva-Petushki' and Erasmian Irony," Oliver Ready. The Slavonic & East European Review, 2010.

2. "The Origins and Meaning of Russian Postmodernism," Michael Epstein. Published by Emory University for The National Council Soviet and Eastern European Research, 1993.

3. "Venedikt Erofeev's 'Moskva-Petushki': Performance and Performativity in the Late Soviet Text," Ann Komaromi. The Slavic and East European Journal, 2011.

4. "The Problem of Postmodernism in Russian Literary History: A Comparative Reading of 'Summer in Baden-Baden' and 'Moscow to the End of the Line,'" Vadim Shneyder. Yale University.

5. "Russian Postmodernist Fiction: Dialogue with Chaos," Mark Lipovetsky. M.E. Sharpe, 1999.

6. "Reference Guide to Russian Literature," Neil Cornwell. Routledge, 2013.