In the depths of contemplation and poetic memories
Vol.21,No.3(2011)
Abstract
Keywords:
Victor Astafyev; Russian novelist; Abatises; short prosaic texts; reflections; poetic miniatures; humanistic vertones
Pages:
22–31
The study reflects on a contemporary Russian writer Victor Astafyev. The writing activi-ties of Victor Astafyev have always represented and always will represent an extraordinary phenomenon especially in the literary processes of the 60's – 90's of the 20th century. In the proximity of his crucial pieces of work, which are namely the following: The last Tri-bute, Shepherd and Shepherdess. A Modern Pastoral and Czar-Fish, Viktor Astafjev published in the years 1961–1987 approximately thirty short stories, which were later on published in the book – Abatises.
Victor Astafyev; Russian novelist; Abatises; short prosaic texts; reflections; poetic miniatures; humanistic vertones
22–31