The article is devoted to the study of the Soviet Russia image in the book "Return to the Future" ("Tilbake til fremtiden") by Sigrid Unset (1882-1949), Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize winner. This book reflects the journey which she made from Norway, occupied in 1940, to the United States through Sweden, Russia and Japan. It is noted that the author, describing the impressions (personal and other Norwegians) about Soviet Russia, uses as the main technique the comparison of pictures of reality with her speculative stereotypical ideas. The image of Russia in the text by Unset is imainly negative, the author's arrogant attitude is obvious. Despite her sincere curiosity, Sigrid Unset is ready and even eager to see in Russia only backwardness. It can be argued that the Russian theme in the book of Unset develops in line with civilizational discourse. Sigrid Unset is confident in the totalitarianism in the USSR and notes the backwardness of Soviet Russia, 82 manifested in the low standard of living of ordinary citizens (poverty, domestic disorder, etc.). In general, her position can be called class and even racist. In the book Sigrid Unset describes various spheres of life in Russia and her diagnosis is disappointing: Russia is characterized as a backward country in every sense, located at the lowest level of civilization. This backwardness is allegedly due to the very nature of Russian people. There is no factual basis for a number of statements by Sigrid Unset. It is difficult to call the book of Unset strictly documentary prose. This text tends to the genre of memoirs, it is a commentary on the biography of the writer, her personality and at the same time a sketch of the era and a commentary on the attitudes of that time.
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