The Resource The Kukotsky enigma : a novel, Ludmila Ulitskaya ; translated from the Russian by Diane Nemec Ignashev
The Kukotsky enigma : a novel, Ludmila Ulitskaya ; translated from the Russian by Diane Nemec Ignashev
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The item The Kukotsky enigma : a novel, Ludmila Ulitskaya ; translated from the Russian by Diane Nemec Ignashev represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.
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- Summary
- The central character in Ludmila Ulitskaya's celebrated novel The Kukotsky Enigma is a gynecologist contending with Stalin's prohibition of abortions in 1936. But, in the tradition of Russia's great family novels, the story encompasses the history of two families and unfolds in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the ruins of ancient civilizations on the Black Sea. Their lives raise profound questions about family heritage and genetics, nurture and nature, and life and death. In his struggle to maintain his professional integrity and to keep his work from dividing his family, Kukotsky confronts the moral complexity of reproductive science
- Language
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- eng
- rus
- eng
- Extent
- 420 pages
- Isbn
- 9780810133488
- Label
- The Kukotsky enigma : a novel
- Title
- The Kukotsky enigma
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Ludmila Ulitskaya ; translated from the Russian by Diane Nemec Ignashev
- Language
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- eng
- rus
- eng
- Summary
- The central character in Ludmila Ulitskaya's celebrated novel The Kukotsky Enigma is a gynecologist contending with Stalin's prohibition of abortions in 1936. But, in the tradition of Russia's great family novels, the story encompasses the history of two families and unfolds in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the ruins of ancient civilizations on the Black Sea. Their lives raise profound questions about family heritage and genetics, nurture and nature, and life and death. In his struggle to maintain his professional integrity and to keep his work from dividing his family, Kukotsky confronts the moral complexity of reproductive science
- Cataloging source
- IEN/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- UlitÍ¡iÌskaiÍ¡iÌa, LiÍ¡iÌudmila
- Dewey number
- 891.735
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Nemec Ignashev, Diane
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Gynecologists
- Abortion
- Families
- Label
- The Kukotsky enigma : a novel, Ludmila Ulitskaya ; translated from the Russian by Diane Nemec Ignashev
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 420 pages
- Isbn
- 9780810133488
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2016007590
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)922729072
- ocn922729072
- OCoLC
- Label
- The Kukotsky enigma : a novel, Ludmila Ulitskaya ; translated from the Russian by Diane Nemec Ignashev
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 420 pages
- Isbn
- 9780810133488
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2016007590
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)922729072
- ocn922729072
- OCoLC
Subject
- Death
- Families
- Families -- Soviet Union -- Fiction
- trueFamily relationships
- Abortion
- Abortion -- Government policy -- Soviet Union -- Fiction
- Communism
- Daughters
- trueGynecologists
- Gynecologists -- Soviet Union -- Fiction
- Husband and wife
- Physicians
- Political persecution
- Soviet Union
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