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 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.

THE LIFE AND EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF PRIVATE IVAN CHONKIN (KING PENGUIN)

Literature & Fiction

Voĭnovich, Vladimir

Literary

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Presenting a nonfictional portrait of Soviet life, this collection of vignettes depicts the absurdities of the system in everyday life as well as in matters of politics and culture

The Anti-Soviet Soviet Union (English and Russian Edition)

History & Criticism

Harcourt

Fur Hat

When Yefim Rakhlin, an insecure but prolific adventure novelist, learns that the Writers' Union is giving fur hats to members--with the quality of the fur denoting the importance of the writer--he becomes obsessed with learning his evaluation by the Union

The year is 1982, just two years before that made famous by Orwell. An exiled Soviet writer discovers that a German travel agency is booking flights through a time warp to a variety of tempting sites and dates in the future. Moscow? The year 2042? How can he resist? Afterword by the Author. Translated by Richard Lourie.

Moscow 2042

Biographies & Memoirs

HARCOURT, BRACE

In this satire of Soviet life, an insecure but much-published novelist, Yefim Rakhlin, learns that the Writers' Union is giving fur hats to its members based on their importance, and that he rates only fluffy tomcat. Translated by Susan Brownsberger.

Humor & Satire

HarperVia

Moscow - 2042

Genre Fiction

The Ivankiad: Or, The tale of the writer Voinovich's installation in his new apartment

CAPE.

Text: English, Russian (translation)

In Plain Russian: Stories

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

Farrar. Straus and Giroux

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

The life and extraordinary adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

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THE LIFE AND EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF PRIVATE IVAN CHONKIN (KING PENGUIN)

The Anti-Soviet Soviet Union (English and Russian Edition)

Fur Hat

Moscow 2042

Fur Hat

Moscow - 2042

The Ivankiad: Or, The tale of the writer Voinovich's installation in his new apartment

In Plain Russian: Stories

The Ivankiad: Or, The tale of the writer Voinovich's installation in his new apartment

The life and extraordinary adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin