Journal «Филология и культура. Philology and Culture»

The article describes the essays by Sasha Sokolov the integral part of which is their persistent appeal to the facts of the author’s biography with cultural allusions. By bringing them into the space of a special lit-erary style Sokolov transforms these facts into fictional images. Sokolov’s technique of using biographi-cal material is an example of turning reality into fiction.