The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin - Softcover

Voinovich, Vladimir

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374517525 ISBN 13: 9780374517526

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc, 1982

Synopsis

Awkward and simple Private Chonkin is left behind in a remote village and quickly reverts to peasant life, until the secret police hear about a mysterious soldier lurking behind the front line

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From the Back Cover:

Ivan Chonkin is a simple, bumbling peasant who has been drafted into the Red Army. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, he is sent to an obscure village with one week's ration of canned meat and orders to guard a downed plane. Apparently forgotten by his unit, Chonkin resumes his life as a peasant and passes the war peacefully tending the village postmistress's garden. Just after the German invasion, the secret police discover this mysterious soldier lurking behind the front line. Their pursuit of Chonkin and his determined resistance lead to wild skirmishes and slapstick encounters. Vladimir Voinovich's hilarious satire ridicules everything that was sacred in the Soviet Union, from agricultural reform to the Red Army to Stalin, in a refreshing combination of dissident conscience and universal humor.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0374517525
• ISBN 13: 9780374517526
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322