The Old Man |
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| Author:
| Trifonov, Yuri |
| Translator:
| Edwards, Jacqueline
Schneider, Mitchell |
| Series title: | European Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8101-1571-2 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1999 |
| Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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The Old Man veers between a contemporary effort to buy a dacha and the memories of an incident in the Civil War. A questionable action in the past haunts the present and throws into relief the materialism that has come to replace revolutionary idealism; suggesting this idealism may have been tainted in the first place. While the setting and situation are very Soviet, the quandary Trifonov describes has universal significance.
The Old Man veers between a contemporary effort to buy a dacha and the memories of an incident in the Civil War. A questionable action in the past haunts the present and throws into relief the materialism that has come to replace revolutionary idealism; suggesting this idealism may have been tainted in the first place. While the setting and situation are very Soviet, the quandary Trifonov describes has universal significance.