The Resource The man who couldn't die : the tale of an authentic human being, Olga Slavnikova ; translated by Marian Schwartz
The man who couldn't die : the tale of an authentic human being, Olga Slavnikova ; translated by Marian Schwartz
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- Summary
- In the chaos of early-1990s Russia, the wife and stepdaughter of a paralyzed veteran conceal the Soviet Union's collapse from him in order to keep him?and his pension?alive until it turns out the tough old man has other plans. Olga Slavnikova's The Man Who Couldn't Die tells the story of how two women try to prolong a life?and the means and meaning of their own lives?by creating a world that doesn't change, a Soviet Union that never crumbled. After her stepfather's stroke, Marina hangs Brezhnev's portrait on the wall, edits the Pravda articles read to him, and uses her media connections to cobble together entire newscasts of events that never happened. Meanwhile, her mother, Nina Alexandrovna, can barely navigate the bewildering new world outside, especially in comparison to the blunt reality of her uncommunicative husband. As Marina is caught up in a local election campaign that gets out of hand, Nina discovers that her husband is conspiring as well?to kill himself and put an end to the charade. Masterfully translated by Marian Schwartz, The Man Who Couldn't Die is a darkly playful vision of the lost Soviet past and the madness of the post-Soviet world that uses Russia's modern history as a backdrop for an inquiry into larger metaphysical questions
- Language
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- eng
- rus
- eng
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- The man who couldn't die : the tale of an authentic human being
- Title
- The man who couldn't die
- Title remainder
- the tale of an authentic human being
- Statement of responsibility
- Olga Slavnikova ; translated by Marian Schwartz
- Language
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- eng
- rus
- eng
- Summary
- In the chaos of early-1990s Russia, the wife and stepdaughter of a paralyzed veteran conceal the Soviet Union's collapse from him in order to keep him?and his pension?alive until it turns out the tough old man has other plans. Olga Slavnikova's The Man Who Couldn't Die tells the story of how two women try to prolong a life?and the means and meaning of their own lives?by creating a world that doesn't change, a Soviet Union that never crumbled. After her stepfather's stroke, Marina hangs Brezhnev's portrait on the wall, edits the Pravda articles read to him, and uses her media connections to cobble together entire newscasts of events that never happened. Meanwhile, her mother, Nina Alexandrovna, can barely navigate the bewildering new world outside, especially in comparison to the blunt reality of her uncommunicative husband. As Marina is caught up in a local election campaign that gets out of hand, Nina discovers that her husband is conspiring as well?to kill himself and put an end to the charade. Masterfully translated by Marian Schwartz, The Man Who Couldn't Die is a darkly playful vision of the lost Soviet past and the madness of the post-Soviet world that uses Russia's modern history as a backdrop for an inquiry into larger metaphysical questions
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Slavnikova, Olʹga
- Dewey number
- 891.73/5
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PG3488.L35
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Schwartz, Marian
- Series statement
- Russian library
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Veterans
- Perestroĭka
- Soviet Union
- FICTION / Literary
- Perestroĭka
- Politics and government
- Veterans
- Russia (Federation)
- Soviet Union
- Label
- The man who couldn't die : the tale of an authentic human being, Olga Slavnikova ; translated by Marian Schwartz
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- online resource
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- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1039424972
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231546416
- Lccn
- 2018027118
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
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- 22573/ctv928sbj
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- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1039424972
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- The man who couldn't die : the tale of an authentic human being, Olga Slavnikova ; translated by Marian Schwartz
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1039424972
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231546416
- Lccn
- 2018027118
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctv928sbj
- 8b7606d7-8557-47d3-b44c-7cf3d7fae0b2
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1039424972
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