Człowiek współczesny w obłędnym tańcu emocji życia codziennego („Dziewięć opowiadań z obłędem w tle”)
A Modern Man in the Brainsick Emotional Dance of Everyday Life (“Nine Stories with Madness in the Background”)

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the changes which occurred in modern Russian literatureafter the collapse of communism. There is no more Soviet censorship banning a lotof topics such as human beings, individual’s problems, life choices and decisions.The authors of the anthology titled Nine Stories with Madness in the Backgroundwrite about individuality and difficulties connected with insecurity in the chaos ofthe modern world. Mental illness and disorders usually play the role of metaphorsreferring to the obstacles in understanding and behaviour in the new post-sovietspace.

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