The Kukotsky Enigma

by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Ljudmila Ulitzkaja, Ludmia Ulicka, et al.

Translated from the Russian by Diane Nemec Ignashev

The central character in Ludmila Ulitskaya's celebrated novel The Kukotsky Enigma is a gynecologist contending with Stalin's prohibition of abortions in 1936. But, in the tradition of Russia's great family novels, the story encompasses the history of two families and unfolds in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the ruins of ancient civilizations on the Black Sea. Their lives raise profound...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810133482
• ISBN13: 9780810133488
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.9"