russian stories set in the USA

[rwallach]

Hi, has anyone analyzed contemporary russian stories set in the US?
Ulitskaia and Petrushevskaia come immediately to mind, but I know
I've seen others.  What appears to me at first glance is that writers
whose narratives are usually complex, flatten their characters when
they set them on American soil.  Again, I'd be interested in knowing
whether there has been more sophisticated analysis than this.

Thanks,

Ruth Wallach
University of Southern California
rwallach at usc.edu

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