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![The Man Who Couldn't Die: The Tale of an Authentic Human Being by Olga Slavnikova](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCSkJwdVFRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--48eb6291b54e500f18377f3eb087466d155742d3/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Man%20Who%20Couldn't%20Die-%20The%20Tale%20of%20an%20Authentic%20Human%20Being.jpg)
248 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780231546416
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 29 January 2019
Description
In the chaos of early-1990s Russia, the wife and stepdaughter of a paralyzed veteran conceal the Soviet Union’s collapse from him in order to keep him—and his pension—alive until it turns out the tough old man has other plans. Olga Slavnikova’s Th...
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![The Man Who Couldn't Die: The Tale of an Authentic Human Being by Olga Slavnikova](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCSkJwdVFRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--48eb6291b54e500f18377f3eb087466d155742d3/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Man%20Who%20Couldn't%20Die-%20The%20Tale%20of%20an%20Authentic%20Human%20Being.jpg)
248 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780231546416
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 29 January 2019
Description
In the chaos of early-1990s Russia, the wife and stepdaughter of a paralyzed veteran conceal the Soviet Union’s collapse from him in order to keep him—and his pension—alive until it turns out the tough old man has other plans. Olga Slavnikova’s Th...