"Notes From The New World" is a contemporary retelling of Dostoyevsky's novella which unfolds in Los Angeles where dreams and harsh realities collide. It is a place where almost everyone spies on everyone else, and everyone seems to be playing a dangerous game. Steven is torn between two women he loves, each of whom is pretending to be someone else. The danger only intensifies when Steven comes face-to-face with the Russian Mafia. Soon he will discover who he really is. On another level the story suggests an amazing reading of the state of the postmodern/post-Communist world. Are we witnessing certain realization of Dostoyevsky's prophecies--especially as far as the Underground Man's dilemma regarding Love/Terrorism is concerned?..—Vitaly Sumin