A wildly prolific director, actor, and writer, Vasilii Shukshin (1929-74) reached more Soviets in more media than perhaps any other artist in the post-Stalinist USSR. This first English-language study of Shukshin and his work is thus a portrait of the culture of Soviet Russia after Stalin. John Givens begins with Shukshin's position between cultural realms and social strata: his abandoned peasant heritage in Siberia as the son of a purged kulak on the one hand and his life as a successful artist in Moscow on the other. Givens shows how this clash of cultures and identities was both a...
A wildly prolific director, actor, and writer, Vasilii Shukshin (1929-74) reached more Soviets in more media than perhaps any other artist in the p...
The role that friction and contact play in the processes of wear and planarization on material surfaces is central to the understanding of Chemical-Mechanical planarization (CMP) technology, particularly when applied to nanosurfaces. Tribology in Chemical-Mechanical Planarization presents a detailed account of the CMP process in a language that is suitable for tribology professionals as well as chemists, materials scientists, physicists, and other applied scientists and engineers in fields of semiconductors and microelectronics. The first half of the book is devoted to CMP, while the other...
The role that friction and contact play in the processes of wear and planarization on material surfaces is central to the understanding of Chemical-Me...
These 25 collected short stories introduce Shuskin to English language readers, reflecting the Siberian origins of his artistic identity. An introduction by one of the translators discusses his life and art, while a foreword looks at his work in the context of Russian village prose and nationalism.
These 25 collected short stories introduce Shuskin to English language readers, reflecting the Siberian origins of his artistic identity. An introduct...
This first study in English of the image of Christ in Russian literature highlights the importance of apophaticism as a theological practice and a literary method in understanding the Russian Christ.
This first study in English of the image of Christ in Russian literature highlights the importance of apophaticism as a theological practice and a lit...
