Modern Animal is a 2021 novel by Yevgenia Belorusets.[1] Belorusets connects a series of different characters and ideas, making use of a Soviet-style lecture form. While writing the novel, Belorusets interviewed people along the Donbas region, approaching the Russian-Ukrainian conflict through stories about animals.[2] ISOLARII co-founder Sebastian Clark described the work “as a great refutation of autofiction.”[3] The book was published with a foreword by filmmaker Peter Greenaway.[4] Writing for magCulture, Danielle Mustarde notes how over the course of the novel the "once-structured Modern Animal evolves into a dream-like mix of interview, folklore and fiction."[5]

Modern Animal
First edition
AuthorYevgenia Belorusets
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
PublisherIsolarii
Publication date
15 July 2021
ISBN978-1-7350750-5-1

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  1. ^ Jennings, Olena (13 October 2021). "The Loneliness of Animals: On Yevgenia Belorusets's "Modern Animal"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. October 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "Modern Animal". STACK magazines. October 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "Animal Stories by Peter Greenaway". MUBI. 5 October 2021.
  5. ^ Mustarde, Danielle (October 1, 2021). "isolarii #5". magCulture.
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