Max Lawton

Max Lawton is a novelist, musician, and translator. His translations of Sorokin’s stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, and n+1. In addition to more than ten of Sorokin’s books, forthcoming from NYRB Classics and Dalkey Archive Press, he is currently working on translations of works by Michael Lentz, Antonio Moresco, and Louis-Ferdinand Céline. He lives in Los Angeles.

  • Telluria
    Telluria
    Telluria Vladimir Sorokin
  • Blue Lard
    Blue Lard
    Blue Lard Vladimir Sorokin
  • Red Pyramid
    Red Pyramid
    Red Pyramid Vladimir Sorokin

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