Modern Animal

Modern Animal is a 2021 novel by Yevgenia Belorusets.^[1] Belorusets connects a series of different characters and ideas, making use of a Soviet-style lecture form. While writing the novel, Belorusets interviewed people along the Donbas region, approaching the Russian-Ukrainian conflict through stories about animals.^[2] ISOLARII co-founder Sebastian Clark described the work “as a great refutation of autofiction.”^[3] The book was published with a foreword by filmmaker Peter Greenaway.^[4] Writing for magCulture, Danielle Mustarde notes how over the course of the novel the "once-structured Modern Animal evolves into a dream-like mix of interview, folklore and fiction."^[5]

Modern Animal

First edition
Author	Yevgenia Belorusets
Language	English
Genre	Fiction
Publisher	Isolarii
Publication date	15 July 2021
ISBN	978-1-7350750-5-1