This is a title in the Bristol Classical Press Russian Texts series, in Russian with English notes, vocabulary and introduction. Vasilii Shukshin is a writer in the tradition of "village prose," a literary movement which has emerged from 20th-century Russian literature. In "Snowball Berry Red" (1973) he considers the plight of the rootless individual who is unable to return to his rural background and settle down in a changing community. Although village prose writing contains colourful, local dialogue which is often difficult for all but the most fluent readers of Russian, Shukshin...