Yuri Trifonov's Moscow Cycle a Critical Study
| Author: | Partridge, Colin | |
| Year: | 1990 | |
| Pages: | 208 | |
| ISBN: | 0-88946-293-3 978-0-88946-293-9 | |
| Price: | $179.95 + shipping | |
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The first full-length book in English on Trifonov (1925-1981). Outlines this major Soviet writer's subtle adaptations of conventional Socialist Realism to promote a discreet internal criticism of social shortcomings during several decades of Soviet administration. Discusses the five novellas and one novel comprising Trifonov's Moscow Cycle: The Exchange, Taking Stock, The Long Goodbye, Another Life, The House on the Embankment, The Time and the Place.
Reviews
"He views literature as a tool in shaping the Soviet socialist myth. Partridge draws also parallels between the works of Trifonov and those of leading Western writers. . . . Partridge makes in his study a number of subtle remarks and original observations. He is best in his psychological analysis of complex interpersonal relationships." -- Canadian Slavonic Papers
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Varieties of Personal and Literary Experience
Chapter 2: Soviet Mythopoeism and Trifonov's Students
Chapter 3: The Revitalized Povest - The Exchange
Chapter 4: Taking Stock
Chapter 5: The Long Goodbye
Chapter 6: Another Life
Chapter 7: The House on the Embankment
Chapter 8: The Time and Place
Chapter 9: Yuri Trifonov - Conservative Radical
Notes
Works
Index
Chapter 1: Varieties of Personal and Literary Experience
Chapter 2: Soviet Mythopoeism and Trifonov's Students
Chapter 3: The Revitalized Povest - The Exchange
Chapter 4: Taking Stock
Chapter 5: The Long Goodbye
Chapter 6: Another Life
Chapter 7: The House on the Embankment
Chapter 8: The Time and Place
Chapter 9: Yuri Trifonov - Conservative Radical
Notes
Works
Index