Article: The Loss: A Novella and Two Short Stories.(translated by Byron Lindsey)(Review)

Vladimir Makanin. The Loss: A Novella and Two Short Stories. Trans. Byron Lindsey. Northwestern Univ. Press, 1998. 154 pp. Paper: $14.95.

These stories by Vladimir Makanin suggest the appeal of a leading contemporary Russian writer deserving greater exposure in English. This small collection offers a range of stories connected by their different readings of loss. A considerable portion of the title story is devoted to a meditation on the possibilities of how this theme may be viewed in life.

In "The Loss" Makanin shows one Pekalov bossing a dwindling crew of drunks into building a tunnel under the Ural River. Why would anyone want to do this? But Pekalov ...

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