Makanin, Vladimir

Escape hatch ; &, the long road ahead : two novellas by Vladimir Makanin ( Book )
32 editions published between 1991 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 432 libraries worldwide
Two novellas. One of them, Escape Hatch, is on a city where law and order has broken down, making life unbearable. But if you know of the hatch you can descend underground to another level where life is sweet and everything works. A Russian allegory.

The loss : a novella and two stories by Vladimir Makanin ( Book )
6 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 277 libraries worldwide
A collection of stories by a Russian writer, one of which is on a relationship between a prisoner of war and his captor, while another looks at the way one man's fortune can become another man's misfortune.

Baize-covered table with decanter by Vladimir Makanin ( Book )
3 editions published between 1993 and 1995 in English and held by 237 libraries worldwide
The story of an interrogation in Russia, but applicable to any country in the world: the bare room, the table, the ever-present decanter and behind the table those recurring phantoms, The Party Man, The Young Wolf, The Beautiful Woman, The One Who Asks the Questions. "Having them rummage in your insides, being helpless, belittled, you needn't have done anything to realize your helplessness, your guilt."

Odin i odna : povesti by Vladimir Makanin ( Book )
22 editions published between 1988 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 170 libraries worldwide
Roman og noveller i Gogol-Bulgakov-traditionen.

Andegraund, ili, Geroĭ nashego vremeni : roman by Vladimir Makanin ( Book )
8 editions published between 1998 and 2003 in Russian and held by 166 libraries worldwide

Kavkazskiĭ plennyĭ by Vladimir Makanin ( Book )
4 editions published between 1997 and 2009 in Russian and held by 141 libraries worldwide

Dolog nash putʹ : povesti by Vladimir Makanin ( Book )
7 editions published between 1994 and 1999 in Russian and French and held by 130 libraries worldwide

Otstavshiĭ : povesti i rasskazy by Vladimir Makanin ( Book )
6 editions published between 1988 and 1990 in Russian and French and held by 103 libraries worldwide

Udavshiĭsi︠a︡ rasskaz o li︠u︡bvi : povesti, rasskazy by Vladimir Makanin ( Book )
3 editions published in 2000 in Russian and held by 102 libraries worldwide

Utrata : povesti i rasskazy by Vladimir Makanin ( Book )
12 editions published between 1987 and 1989 in 4 languages and held by 97 libraries worldwide