num_pages: 207
description: Outlines Trifonov's subtle adaptations of conventional socialist realism to promote a discreet internal criticism of social shortcomings during several decades of Soviet administration. The study discusses the five novellas and one novel comprising Trifonov's "Moscow Cycle": "The Exchange"; "Taking Stock"; "The Long Goodbye"; "Another Life"; "The House on the Embankment"; and "The Time and the Place".
language: English
title: Yuri Trifonov's The Moscow Cycle: A Critical Study
titlecomplete: Yuri Trifonov's The Moscow Cycle: A Critical Study (Studies in Slavic Language and Literature, #3)
series: Studies in Slavic Language and Literature
publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr