The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

Ivan Chonkin是一個簡單，笨手笨腳的農民，已被選入紅軍。在第二次世界大戰爆發前不久，他被送往一個不起眼的村莊，有一周的罐頭肉定量和命令，以防止被擊落的飛機。 Chonkin顯然被他的部隊所遺忘，他恢復了作為一個農民的生活，並且和平地戰勝了村莊女教師的花園。

就在德國入侵之後，秘密警察發現這名神秘的士兵潛伏在前線後面。他們對Chonkin的追求和他堅定的抵抗導致了激烈的小衝突和鬧劇遭遇。弗拉基米爾·沃伊諾維奇（Vladimir Voinovich）的熱鬧諷刺嘲笑蘇聯所有神聖的東西，從農業改革到紅軍到斯大林，以持不同政見者的良知和普遍的幽默結合。

Ivan Chonkin is a simple, bumbling peasant who has been drafted into the Red Army. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, he is sent to an obscure village with one week's ration of canned meat and orders to guard a downed plane. Apparently forgotten by his unit, Chonkin resumes his life as a peasant and passes the war peacefully tending the village postmistress's garden.

Just after the German invasion, the secret police discover this mysterious soldier lurking behind the front line. Their pursuit of Chonkin and his determined resistance lead to wild skirmishes and slapstick encounters. Vladimir Voinovich's hilarious satire ridicules everything that was sacred in the Soviet Union, from agricultural reform to the Red Army to Stalin, in a refreshing combination of dissident conscience and universal humour.

Vladimir Voinovich (Autor) 

Publisher:Campus Verlag 

ISBN:   Northwestern University Press 

原價  US  19   台幣價 NT$650