Sheepskin Coat and An Absolutely Happy Village
Two of Vakhtin’s best works are presented in this collection. The Sheepskin Coat first appeared in Metropol, an unofficial literary almanac of...
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Two of Vakhtin’s best works are presented in this collection. The Sheepskin Coat first appeared in Metropol, an unofficial literary almanac of uncensored literature, which caused a scandal when it was published in the West in 1979. In this story of an entrenched bureaucrat, whose lust for a beautiful poet and a sheepskin coat leads to his downfall, Vakhtin creates a modern-day version of Nikolai Gogol’s famous story The Overcoat Vakhtin also directs his satire at a corrupt and pretentious privileged class and is especially caustic about censorship in the arts.
An Absolutely Happy Village depicts a different world. Set in the provinces on the eve of World War II, this moving novella tells of the love of two villagers, Polina and Mikheyev, and reflects Vakhtin’s humor, love of nature and affirmation of life.
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- Edition:First Edition
- Language:eng
- ISBN10:0882337866
- ISBN13:9780882337869
- kindle Asin:0882337866
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