Valentin Rasputin

Farewell to Matyora

Tragedy of an island village dying as it sinks beneath a reservoir's rising waters

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Valentin Rasputin
Valentin Rasputin

Russian author associated with the Village Prose movement who portrayed the destruction of traditional Siberian peasant culture with lyrical intensity. Live and Remember and Farewell to Matyora are his most celebrated works.

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