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Literary Criticism Russian & Former Soviet Union

Vasil Byka?

His Life and Works

by (author) Zina J. Gimpelevich

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2005
Category
Russian & Former Soviet Union
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773572928
    Publish Date
    Sep 2005
    List Price
    $95.00

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Description

In the first English biography of his life and work, Zina Gimpelevich describes the conditions under which Bykau lived in the former USSR and provides a literary and political history of Belarus from 1918-2003. Based on interviews that she conducted with Bykau, she illuminates his life of as an artist and a defender of human rights. She also provides literary criticism of Bykau's work, including The Ordeal and Pack of Wolves, and discusses the psychological realism of his early novels, and his interest in existentialism.

About the author

Zina J. Gimpelevich is professor emeritus of Slavic studies at the University of Waterloo and the author of Vasil Bykau: His Life and Works.

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