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The Kukotsky enigma : a novel / Ludmila Ulitskaya ; translated from the Russian by Diane Nemec Ignashev.
- Title
- The Kukotsky enigma : a novel / Ludmila Ulitskaya ; translated from the Russian by Diane Nemec Ignashev.
- Author
- Ulit︠s︡kai︠a︡, Li︠u︡dmila
- Publication
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2016.
- ©2016
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- Additional Authors
- Nemec Ignashev, Diane, 1951-
- Description
- 420 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- 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 questions about family heritage and genetics, nurture and nature, and life and death. In his struggle to maintain his professional integrity and to keep his work from dividing his family, Kukotsky confronts the moral complexity of reproductive science.
- Uniform Title
- Kazus Kukot︠s︡kogo. English
- Alternative Title
- Kazus Kukot︠s︡kogo.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Fiction.
- Note
- "Originally published in Russian as The Kukotsky Case copyright (c) 2001 by Ludmila Ulitskaya."
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- "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 questions about family heritage and genetics, nurture and nature, and life and death. In his struggle to maintain his professional integrity and to keep his work from dividing his family, Kukotsky confronts the moral complexity of reproductive science." -- Back cover.
- ISBN
- 9780810133488
- 0810133482
- LCCN
- ^^2016007590
- OCLC
- 922729072
- SCSB-11358112
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library