Elizabeth Gilbert, an American author, is best-known for “Eat, Pray, Love”, a memoir about life after divorce. But in recent weeks she has been ruminating on a grislier subject: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
, an American author, is more used to soul-searching than grappling with geopolitical problems. Her best-known work, “Eat, Pray, Love”, is a memoir about life after divorce. But in recent weeks she has been ruminating on a grislier subject: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On June 12th Ms Gilbert postponed indefinitely the publication of a novel, “The Snow Forest”, after hundreds of angry posts on Goodreads, a review site, mainly from Ukrainians.
Severing links to such individuals and organisations blocked obvious avenues for Russian soft power. But other aspects of the debate are more complicated. Some Russian artists who had publicly condemned the war also had their performances cancelled. Some people even suggested that 19th-century Russian literary greats, such as Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Alexander Pushkin, should be reappraised.
Scholars in the West are taking note. Many speak of “decolonising” the study of Russia and eastern Europe. That means encouraging academics to focus on the legacy of Russian imperialism in their research and persuading universities to expand their teaching of other eastern European cultures.
For Ms Gilbert, the stakes of the Goodreads debacle seem relatively low: she will probably publish her novel one day. For Ukrainians, the stakes are higher. The Kremlin denies the existence of a discrete Ukrainian history and identity. That makes culture a matter of survival.
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