In a poetic, vulgar, violent and aggressive translation, John Freedman presents Yury Klavdiev’s I Am the Machine Gunner, a work that transcends time, place and person to capture the struggle of a young Russian gang member trying to find the same honor in his own battles that his grandfather found fighting Germany in World War II.
In a poetic, vulgar, violent and aggressive translation, John Freedman presents Yury Klavdiev’s I Am the Machine Gunner, a work that transcends time, place and person to capture the struggle of a young Russian gang member trying to find the same honor in his own battles that his grandfather found fighting Germany in World War II.