The Undead

"The story of a campy horror movie director who gets caught in the monstrous maw of the state. This novel, hilarious, disturbing, and remarkable, shows us ... what’s happening now and what’s waiting in the darkness ahead.” —Julia Phillips, author of Disappearing Earth

"There is nothing supernatural about Svetlana Satchkova’s savvy, frightening novel ... witty and unsettling, The Undead is a cautionary tale about never quite admitting where the danger lies." —Sam Lipsyte, author of Home Land

"A courageous and witty book about art and politics. With keen insight and wry humor, Svetlana Satchkova evokes a devastating artistic and moral reckoning." —Helen Phillips, author of The Need

"A moving examination of the meaning of home, the horror of a dictatorship, the hilarity and joy of movie-making, and one woman's political coming of age in Putin's Russia … Truly important reading.”
—Paula Bomer, author of The Stalker

"Razor-sharp prose of Nabokovian dexterity ... [a] propulsive page-turner, fusing the political thriller with the portrait of an artist backed into a poisonous corner … A thrilling read that may jolt readers and artists to see the process of creation anew as a subversive force."
—Ernesto Mestre-Reed, author of Sacrificio

"The story of a campy horror movie director who gets caught in the monstrous maw of the state. This novel, hilarious, disturbing, and remarkable, shows us ... what’s happening now and what’s waiting in the darkness ahead.” —Julia Phillips, author of Disappearing Earth

"There is nothing supernatural about Svetlana Satchkova’s savvy, frightening novel ... witty and unsettling, The Undead is a cautionary tale about never quite admitting where the danger lies." —Sam Lipsyte, author of Home Land

"A courageous and witty book about art and politics. With keen insight and wry humor, Svetlana Satchkova evokes a devastating artistic and moral reckoning." —Helen Phillips, author of The Need

"A moving examination of the meaning of home, the horror of a dictatorship, the hilarity and joy of movie-making, and one woman's political coming of age in Putin's Russia … Truly important reading.”
—Paula Bomer, author of The Stalker

"Razor-sharp prose of Nabokovian dexterity ... [a] propulsive page-turner, fusing the political thriller with the portrait of an artist backed into a poisonous corner … A thrilling read that may jolt readers and artists to see the process of creation anew as a subversive force."
—Ernesto Mestre-Reed, author of Sacrificio