literary works about USSR's war in Afghanistan

[Valentino, Russell]

Not Afghanistan but short fiction and film and empire-related--I've used Vladimir Makanin's "Kavkazskii plennyi" (which has a couple of English translations) in combination with Tolstoy, Pushkin, and Bodrov; and then Grossman's In the Town of Berdichev with Komissar. Both good solid sequences.

Russell Valentino

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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Edyta Bojanowska
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Subject: [SEELANGS] literary works about USSR's war in Afghanistan

Dear Colleagues,
Would anyone have suggestions for literary texts that react to the 
USSR's war in Afghanistan?  I am interested in either Soviet or 
post-Soviet works that exist in English translation.  Short fiction 
would be ideal.  This is meant for a survey course about the theme of 
empire in Russian literature and film.  I am also looking for works of 
Soviet literature that engage imperial themes more broadly (not just 
about Afghanistan) -  again, ideally in short fiction.  (I am not 
entirely happy with my choice of Vyacheslav Ivanov's "Armoured Train 
14-69.") I can be reached at bojanows at rci.rutgers.edu.

Many thanks in advance for your help-
Edyta Bojanowska

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