The Life and Work of Fedor Abramov

Preface
Fedor Abramov (1920-83): A Chronology
Contributors

Fedor Abramov: Living According to Spiritual Values
Liudmila Krutikova-Abramova

Fedor Abramov's Prose: The Village Rescued in Memory
Kathleen Parthé

Fedor Abramov and Russian Village Prose
Georgii Tsvetov

Fedor Abramov and Vasilii Grossman: Two Heroes, One Story
Boris Lanin

Abramov's Brothers and Sisters and the Depiction of Rural Life in Soviet Russia
Gilda Baïkovitch

Symbolic Realism and the Conventional Reader: "A Journey into the Past" and "The White Horse"
Alla Bol'shakova

Fedor Abramov: Public Spirits, Private Doubts
David Gillespie

Appendix 1: A Journey into the Past
Appendix 2: Diaries, 1954-83
Notes
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