by Vladimir Voinovich · DEBOLSILLO · tapa dura · ISBN 9788483464236
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«Vida e insólitas aventuras del soldado Iván Chonkin» is the satirical novel by Vladimir Voinovich, published by Debolsillo in hardback (368 pages).
On the eve of the Second World War, Iván Chonkin, a naive and clumsy peasant in the Red Army, is assigned to guard a damaged plane in a remote village. Forgotten by his superiors, he integrates into the village and stars in comic scenes. The paranoia over the German invasion leads the political police to accuse him of desertion.
First novel in the soldier Chonkin series; translated from Russian. It was banned for years in the Soviet Union; Spanish-language edition published in 2007.
For readers of political satire and absurd humour, with an interest in Russian literature and the Second World War.
