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Skunk: A Life

Written after the fall of the Soviet Union, the novel, Skunk: A Life paints a picture as to what life was like during the 1950s in Soviet Russia from a post-Soviet perspective. The themes in Peter Aleshkovsky’s novel are classically Russian: he illustrates the internal moral battle that everyone must endure in a ...

Latest Review: Skunk

Our latest review is of Skunk: A Life by Peter Aleshkovsky. This book was published by Glas years ago, but since Glas books generally don’t get the attention they deserve, we thought it would be a good idea to cover it. Jennifer Cunningham, a language student here at the University of Rochester wrote this piece. ...