Prodigal Son: Vasilii Shuksin in Soviet Russian Culture

Contents

Preface ix Acknowledgments xv A Note on Sources xix Introduction 1 Chapter One The Shukshin Legend 11 Chapter Two The Actor and the Writer 29 Chapter Three Shukshin’s Bright Souls 44 Chapter Four Unforgettably Strange People 57 Chapter Five Grotesque Characters 87 Chapter Six The Author and His Critics 112 Chapter Seven Return of the Prodigal Son 136 Chapter Eight Telling His Own Story 153 Chapter Nine The Search for Freedom: Shukshin and Sten’ka Razin 171 Conclusion The Shukshin Legend Revisited 191 Notes 201 Contents Select Bibliography 251 Filmography 261 Index 263 ...