The Loss: A Novella and Two Short Stories (Writings From An Unbound Europe) - Softcover

Makanin, Vladimir

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810116405 ISBN 13: 9780810116405

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 1998

Synopsis

The novella and two short stories that make up this volume were written at three different periods in Makanin's life, yet they are united by their narrative and stylistic invention, their range of human emotion, and the profound humanity of their prose. Though banished and suppressed in the Brezhnev era, Makanin is now recognized as one of Russia's leading writers.

In his celebrated short story "The Prisoner of the Caucasus," two Russian soldiers take a Chechen prisoner during the war, and as events unfold, Makanin reveals the casual brutality of the war but also the secret truths of the character's lives. In the novella The Loss, Pekalov, a drunkard and dreamer obsessed with the idea of building a tunnel under the Ural River, disappears in a ditch while working and is made a saint by the people of his village. "Klyucharyov and Alimushkin" tells the story of what happens when one man becomes remarkably lucky while the other loses all his luck.

About this title

About the Author

Vladimir Semyonovich Makanin (Born March 1937 in Orsk, Soviet Union) is a Russian writer.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Russian

Edition details

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0810116405
• ISBN 13: 9780810116405
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 154
• Editor: Wachtel Andrew