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

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.

Literature & Fiction

Makanin, Vladimir

Literary

Northwestern University Press

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.

Vladimir Makanin, the most acclaimed writer of post-Soviet Russia, examines the fates of ordinary people of the future--or is it present?--in these two brilliant novellas. These characters are caught in surreal situations which test their ability to retain their humanity. Makanin's world is one of deliberate ambiguity, where nothing, not even the story itself, is as it seems, and haunting imagery is used to appeal directly to a reader's subconscious. 
 "Vladimir Makanin's name belongs at the top of any list of socialist, or now post-socialist, surrealists...The power of Mr. Makanin's fiction lies precisely in its ambiguity."--New York Times Book Review

Escape Hatch & the Long Road Ahead: Two Novellas

ARDIS

A wonderful collection of original works by 19 leading Russian writers. These are life-affirming stories of love, family, hope, rebirth, mystery and imagination. Masterfully translated by some of the best Russian-English translators working today, these tales reassert the power of Russian literature to affect readers of all cultures in profound and lasting ways. Best of all, 100% of the profits from the sale of this book will go to benefit Russian hospice -- not-for-profit care for fellow human beings who are nearing the end of their own life stories.

Life Stories: Original Works by Russian Writers

Lukyanenko, Sergei

Voĭnovich, Vladimir

Rubina, Dina

Sorokin, Vladímir

Gelasimov, Andrei

Limonov, Ėduard

Griskhovets, Yevgeny

Grebenshchikov, Boris

Kabakov, Alexander

Khurgin, Alexander

Lipskerov, Dmitry

Moskvina, Marina

Pelevin, Viktor

Petrushevskaya, Ludmila

Prilepin, Zahar

Smirnova, Dunya

Yerofeyev, Viktor

Yuzefovich, Leonid

Short Stories & Anthologies

Russian Information Services

This new novel about the Russian-Chechen wars by Vladimir Makanin, is a 2008 short-list nominee for the Booker award.

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