Pushkin House - Softcover

Bitov, Andrei

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0002710889 ISBN 13: 9780002710886

Publisher: The Harvill Press, 1990

Synopsis

A post-modern Russian novel, which follows the life of Lyova, who was born in Leningrad. He graduates from secondary school in 1953, and the reader is given an insight into his daily life, which closely mirrors the daily experience of the average Russian.

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Review:

"Probably the most interesting work to come out of Soviet literature since the Twenties."--"London Review of Books"

From the Back Cover:

No other contemporary novel provides such clear insight into the Russian mind and way of life as Andrei Bitov's Pushkin House. First published in the United States in 1987 and highly praised for its inventiveness, Pushkin House is a contemporary literary masterpiece. Though the novel's focus is a love affair between Lyova and Faina, the novel's true subject is an investigation of the corruption of Soviet intellectual life and history. Working within many of the confines imposed upon him during the Soviet regime, Bitov ingeniously draws upon Russian literary models, especially that of Nabokov, in order to parody and satirize the stifling society about him, as well as Russian literary tradition.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Harvill Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0002710889
• ISBN 13: 9780002710886
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384