Roubles in Words, Kopeks in Figures, and Other StoriesRussian writer Vasily Shukshin (1929-1974) tells stories with humor and humanity, depicting the struggles and triumphs of people who migrated, dispossesed and powerless, from the country to the city. "Wonderfully vivid, often hilarious."--The Guardi |
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accordion Andrei ARISTARCH SNUB-NOSE ARISTARCH VERA ARISTARCH Arkasha asked Baba Yaga Baba Yaga's daughter BALDY VERA BALDY bath-house better certificate cossack course d'you think dance drink Efim elegant devil everything exclaimed eyes feel fool Georgi GINGER PAUNCHY GINGER SNUB-NOSE Gorinich hands head hetman HONEST JOE ARISTARCH HONEST JOE PAUNCHY Ilya Ilya Muromets Ivan JOE PAUNCHY HONEST JOE VERA HONEST Kolka kopeks laughed Listen live look Maya Milka moustache never Neverlaugh Nikolay Oblomov PAUNCHY ARISTARCH PAUNCHY PAUNCHY BALDY PAUNCHY GINGER PAUNCHY HONEST JOE Pause Philip Popov prison roubles round rubber stamp Sanya sentry shouted Shukshin shut Sinelnikov sing smile SNUB-NOSE ARISTARCH SNUB-NOSE PAUNCHY Sonya sort Sound of door Spontaneous combustion staring Stefan Stenka Razin stupid suddenly talk tell There's thing thought Vaganov Vanka Vanya village Vladivostok vodka What's wife Wise Yegor Yevgeny Yevtushenko Zlatoust