Vladimir Voinovich, Author , trans. from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield. Knopf $25 (384p) ISBN 978-0-375-41235-6
Voinovich is a self-consciously Gogolian writer, whose first novels, published during the 1970s, spiced the sometimes self-important prose (and posing) of the dissidents with a very earthy humor. His latest novel, which tells the story of Aglaya...
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Vladimir Voinovich, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $17.95 (122p) ISBN 978-0-15-139100-4
In this sly parody of Gogol's The Overcoat , emigre author Voinovich ( The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin ) has chosen a target he is all too familiar with: the arbitrary, oppressive practices of the Soviet Writers' Union.
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Vladimir Voinovich, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $0 (424p) ISBN 978-0-15-162444-7
This political satire takes great swipes at the Soviet system, but its slapstick is often like one character's laughter, ""both jolly and forced.'' Emigre Russian writer Kartsev narrates a bawdy, self-deprecating tale of travel from West Germany in...
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Vladimir Voinovich, Author, Susan Brownsberger, Translator Harvest Books $11.95 (132p) ISBN 978-0-15-634030-4
The Soviet Writers' Union, doling out various hats to authors according to rank, insults an adventure-story writer with a hat of the cheapest fur. ``Voinovich's deadpan humor and impeccable timing make his latest satirical look at the Soviet Union...
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Vladimir Voinovich, Author, Richard Lourie, Translator, Vladimir Voinovich, Afterword by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $30.95 (444p) ISBN 978-0-15-662165-6
An emigre Russian writer named Kartsev narrates a bawdy, self-deprecating tale of travel from West Germany in 1982 to Moscow circa 2042, where much has changed (but not the Soviet penchant for re-writing history). ``Voinovich, author of the Private...
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