--- title: "2 Andrew Quotes By Ken Kalfus" description: "2 Andrew quotes by Ken Kalfus. Plus more from Ken Kalfus and more Andrew sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/ken-kalfus-58295_absurd_in-the-years-since-the-life-and-extraord_133503.jpg" --- > [In the years since The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, Voinovich has sharpened his satire, and Monumental Propaganda is a novel that slashes and rips -- but not on every page. He expands his narrative to accommodate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kalfus/in-the-years-since-the-life-and-extraordinary-adventures-of-private/) [Ken Kalfus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kalfus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/ken-kalfus-58295_absurd_in-the-years-since-the-life-and-extraord_133503.jpg) > [Often touching . . . Monumental Propaganda is a novel that slashes and rips . . . In his translation, Andrew Bromfield deftly shifts his tone and tools as required, remaining true to Voinovich's Vonnegut-like playfulness and appreciation of the absurb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kalfus/often-touching-monumental-propaganda-is-a-novel-that-slashes-and-rips/) [Ken Kalfus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kalfus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/ken-kalfus-58295_andrew_often-touching-monumental-propaganda-is_406425.jpg) ## Other authors on Andrew ## More by Ken Kalfus > [“Light is a particle and a wave. This is hard to understand, how a thing can be two things at once. But a woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kalfus/light-is-a-particle-and-a-wave-this-is-hard-to-understand-how-a-thing/) [Ken Kalfus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kalfus/) > [In the years since The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, Voinovich has sharpened his satire, and Monumental Propaganda is a novel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kalfus/in-the-years-since-the-life-and-extraordinary-adventures-of-private/) [Ken Kalfus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kalfus/) > [Often touching . . . Monumental Propaganda is a novel that slashes and rips . . . In his translation, Andrew Bromfield deftly shifts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kalfus/often-touching-monumental-propaganda-is-a-novel-that-slashes-and-rips/) [Ken Kalfus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kalfus/) > [It takes me about a week and a half to read the typical book. I don't know how many ten-day spans I have left.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kalfus/it-takes-me-about-a-week-and-a-half-to-read-the-typical-book-i-don-t/) [Ken Kalfus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kalfus/) > [Controversy chases the Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin the way a dog chases a stick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-kalfus/controversy-chases-the-russian-writer-vladimir-sorokin-the-way-a-dog/) [Ken Kalfus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-kalfus/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/andrew/ken-kalfus/#itemlist", "name": "2 Andrew Quotes By Ken Kalfus", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the years since The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, Voinovich has sharpened his satire, and Monumental Propaganda is a novel that slashes and rips -- but not on every page. 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