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The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Author: Vladimir Voinovich

Ivan Chonkin is a simple, bumbling peasant who has been drafted into the Red Army. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, he is sent to an obscure village with one week's ration of canned meat and orders to guard a downed plane. Apparently forgotten by his unit, Chonkin resumes his life as a peasant and passes the war peacefully tendin... more »

ISBN-13: 9780374517526
ISBN-10: 0374517525
Publication Date: 11/1/1982
Pages: 382
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Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Janet V. (Perplexia) reviewed The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin on 10/12/2008 + 17 more book reviews

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A wry, satirical look at Russian by dissident author Voinovich. More light-hearted than Solzhenityn, his take on Russian bureaucracy is more like Heller's Catch-22.

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