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Sokolov s second novel, between dog and wolf, written in 1980, has long intimidated translators because of. Memory, imagination and the liberating force of literature in sasha sokolovs a school for fools in. A school for fools by sokolov, sasha, 1943publication date 1987. A school for fools download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Pdf house of the hanged download full pdf book download. Yet a school for fools is not your typical comingofage story. By turns lyrical and philosophical, witty and baffling, a school for fools confounds all expectations of the novel. Unlike these works, both traditional realistic novels, a school for fools is a quiet, intimately personal book written in. A school for fools by turns lyrical and philosophical, witty and baffling, a school for fools confounds all expectations of the novel. Guide to the sasha sokolov collection mss 117 3 married a fellow student, taisiia suvorova. Sasha sokolov s a school for fools a soviet underground classic is back in print.
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