I’m tired - there was always somebody who tried to tell me who is Eduard Limonov. The same thing now, a fifty years old, mustached, sturdy-complexioned representative of the intern agencies. “Don’t you understand that he’s a CIA agent?”
Stop. All of this began a little earlier.
The back seat of a “Volga”, the head below the knees, the left hand squeezed by my own body, a bracelet is snapped on the right. Blows are pouring on the head and the kidneys. (more…)
But for the limonovists, life would be boring
Like smart scullions they scurry about political kitchen without getting tired and pleasing the gourmets with exotic dishes (”Nikita Mikhalkov With Eggs”, “Chubais Under Mayonnaise” and others). Also they are publishing their newspaper, which one mustn’t publish neither in good conscience, nor according to the law (those who’ve read it know why).
They are withdrawn a licence, scolded for extremism, but they don’t care a straw. There was “Limonka”, now it’s “General Line”. If “General Line” is banned, limonovists will certainly invent something else. The Central Committee of the NBP member Nina Silina (sounds extremely seriously, but in fact it’s a good-looking smiling girl) has told us about the secrets of fantastic vitality of the party.
I thought about some nice, lyrical subject for that my column at “eXile”, but then Mark Ames asked me to write about last adventures of my gorgeous party because first thing what Mark heard on the news coming from US to Russia, were the news about militia platoons, storming general headquarters of NBP. So, I will report on some events, the only principal ones.
Last week, National Bolshevik leader and eXile hero Edward Limonov sat down with eXile editors Mark Ames, John Dolan and Jake Rudnitsky to discuss politics and literature. What follows is the first part of the roundtable, in which we cover Russian and world politics at the turn of the century. Next issue we will print our discussion about Limonov’s own books, the practical side of writing, and his views on what makes for quality literature.