Yuri Trifonov
Soviet author whose Moscow novellas depicting the moral compromises of the Soviet intelligentsia are among the finest prose works of the Brezhnev era. The House on the Embankment is his most celebrated work.
Works
- The House on the EmbankmentNovel examining three generations of a Moscow intelligentsia family during Soviet era
- The ExchangeNovella about a couple's apartment exchange that triggers a marital and existential crisis
- Taking Stock
- The Long GoodbyeNovella exploring a woman's difficult parting with her dying husband and regret
- Another LifeNovel examining marriage, infidelity, and the impossibility of authentic emotional connection