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The Man Who Couldn't Die - The Tale of an Authentic Human Being (Paperback)
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The Man Who Couldn't Die - The Tale of an Authentic Human Being (Paperback)
Series: Russian Library
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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.
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