The Kukotsky enigma
a novel
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Author
Contributions
- Nemec Ignashev, Diane, 1951- translator - Contributor
Publication
2016 - Northwestern University Press, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
105,000 words, Guess
Page Count
420 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100810133482
- ISBN-139780810133488
- Library of Congress Control Number2016007590
- OCLC Control Number922729072
- Better World Books9780810133488
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27215227M
Classifications
- DDC891.73/5
- LCCPG3489.2.L58 K3913 2016
- LCCPG3489.2.L58K3913
Description
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.
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