Stepanida Ivanova's Funeral (1987) [Short Story]
by Vladimir Soloukhin
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Summary
(From the publisher):
A scathing critique of the Soviet system of goods and services which details the frustrating, at times absurd, obstacles the narrator encounters in the process of making funeral arrangements for his mother.
Written in 1967.
Original title: Похороны Степаниды Ивановы
Original languages:
Russian
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ General Fiction→ Humor→ Satire
Fiction→ General Fiction→ Aging
This work is a subwork of the following works : New Soviet Fiction, the (1989) [Anthology] Authors: Tatyana Tolstaya
, Valentin Kataev
, Andrei Bitov
, Valentin Rasputin
, I. Grekova
, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
, Sergei Zalygin
, Bulat Okudzhava
, Vladimir Makanin
, Elchin
, Viktor Konetsky
, Revaz Mishveladze
, Mikhail Roshchin
, Vladimir Soloukhin
, Arvo Valton
, A. Yaroslavtsev
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