Published: 2024-07-11

Toxic Fear (Sergei Lebedev, "Untraceable")

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Abstract

In the novel "Untraceable" Sergei Lebedev focuses his attention on analyzing the genealogy of contemporary evil, its specificity, and responsibility for it. In this case, the impetus for the described story was the attempted poisoning of Sergei and Julia Skripal. Once again, the author turns to a current theme, but one that has not been thoroughly explored (also in literature) - "the poisoners from the Kremlin." Using the example of the main character - Kalitin - a chemist, the inventor of the perfect poison (the eponymous untreaceable), Lebedev warns not to forget about evil just because it belongs to a theoretically bygone era. People (especially scientists) should take it into account, take responsibility for their decisions and actions, because if crimes continue to go unpunished, it will not be possible to oppose "the terror of toxic fear”.

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Zywert, A. (2024). Toxic Fear (Sergei Lebedev, "Untraceable"). Rusycystyczne Studia Literaturoznawcze, 34, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.31261/RSL.2024.34.06

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Vol. 34 (2024)
Published: 2024-10-30


ISSN: 0208-5038
eISSN: 2353-9674
Ikona DOI 10.31261/RSL

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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