Queue in Russian Literature

[Kenneth Brostrom]

Another interesting episode occurs in the last pages of Cancer Ward
(Rakovyj korpus).  Near the sad end of Kostoglotov's day-long descent
from spiritual euphoria to the nihilistic survival mentality that he
learned in the camps, he manages to jump to the head of the queue
waiting to board his train by acting like "a man possessed"
('besnovatyj') so he has first choice in finding a comfortable place
to spend the journey.

Ken Brostrom

>There is also the description of Ostap Bender trying and failing to cut to the
>front of the line at the post office at the end of _Zolotoi telenok_.
>Kukryniksy illustrated it in 1968 and put Il'f, Petrov, and all three of
>themselves in the illustration along with Bender. See the picture here, third
>from last: http://petrov.com.ua/GoldCalf/GoldCalf.htm.
>
>- Annie Fisher
>
>Quoting OLGA BUKHINA <obukhina at ACLS.ORG>:
>

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Kenneth Brostrom
Assoc. Prof. of Russian
Dept. of German and Slavic Studies
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
phone: (313) 577-6238
email: kenneth.brostrom at wayne.edu
fax: (313) 577-3266

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