“Ivan Auslender”, a new novel by German Sadulayev, a talented postmodernist, finalist of the Russian Booker, National Bestseller, and Big Book awards, is an intellectual pulp fiction about the 2010s full of sarcasm and unexpected subtle lyricism , the Russian intelligentsia and the search for oneself. A middle-aged university teacher inevitably finds himself drawn into politics: rallies, white ribbons, “fair” elections... The imaginary sense of freedom is soon replaced by disappointment, and he, like famous literary heroes, embarks on a journey through Russia and Europe, which may be his last...