The Last Years of Soviet Russian Literature Prose Fiction 19751991 [Paperback]

Provides a comprehensive survey of developments in Russian prose over the last fifteen years of the Soviet regime.This is the only book, Russian or Western, that provides a comprehensive survey of developments in Russian literature over the last fifteen years of the Soviet regime.This is the only book, Russian or Western, that provides a comprehensive survey of developments in Russian literature over the last fifteen years of the Soviet regime.This is the only book, Russian or Western, that provides a comprehensive survey of developments in Russian literature over the last fifteen years of the Soviet regime.Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The literary situation: publication, genres, criticism; 2. From 'stagnation' to 'openness'; 3. Retrospective writing about the Stalin period; 4. Village prose: its peak and decline; 5. The 'forty-year-olds'; 6. Other voices; 7. 'Tough' and 'cruel' prose; 8. New faces; 9. Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; English translations of Soviet Russian prose; Index. This is a model of encyclopedic coverage and concise description. George Gibian, Cornell University Concise, gracefully written, and thoroughly researched, this book is indispensable for anybody at all interested in modern Russian writing, or, for that matter, the recent history of Russia. Maurice Friedberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This survey leaves no doubt that Russian literature is producing writers of interest and stature as never before. Victor Terras, Brown University Brown's new book is a significant contribution to the study of contemporary Russian literature in the West. It provides an objective assessment of the curent situation in Russian literature. His evaluation of artistic talent is fair, and his critical observations are succinct, sensitive and subtle. N.N. Shneidmen, The Russian Review Deming Brown's 1978 Soviet Russian Literature Since Stalin stands as one of the most useful and well written surveys of literature and literary pl39