Horror Patriae: The Return of Toxic Nationhood. steirischer herbst ’24 (Reader) edited by Ekaterina Degot and David Riff russian shorts she spent the ensuing months

she spent the ensuing months in a state of torpor – the world had withdrawn from her

we confront the nature of truth

but the words are oddly fragmented and suggestive

девушка должна расти кроткой и почтительной хозяюшкой

a celebration of resilience and of myriad survivors” - Times Literary Supplement

Horror Patriae: The Return of Toxic Nationhood. steirischer herbst ’24 (Reader) edited by Ekaterina Degot and David Riff russian shorts she spent the ensuing monthsNationalism has made a spectacular comeback, with tribalism, particularism, and local pride embraced across the political spectrum. As the postCold War order erodes, the nation appears as a refuge, yet it remains an illusory one, an imagined community, as Benedict Anderson put it. Horror Patriae, the 2024 edition of steirischer herbst, tackled nostalgic and imaginary constructions of nationhood, juxtaposing them with neglected and silenced stories of