Prodigal Son: Vasilii Shuksin in Soviet Russian Culture

by John Givens

A wildly prolific director, actor, and writer, Vasilii Shukshin (1929-74) reached more Soviets in more media than perhaps any other artist in the post-Stalinist USSR. This first English-language study of Shukshin and his work is thus a portrait of the culture of Soviet Russia after Stalin. John Givens begins with Shukshin's position between cultural realms and social strata: his abandoned peasant heritage in Siberia as the son of a purged kulak on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810117703
• ISBN13: 9780810117709
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"