The Man Who Couldn't Die

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Бессмертный © by Olga Slavnikova

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English translation copyright © 2019 Marian Schwartz

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E-ISBN 978-0-231-54641-6

Published with the support of Read Russia, Inc., and the Institute of Literary Translation, Russia

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Slavnikova, Olga, author. | Schwartz, Marian, 1951- translator.

Title: The man who couldn’t die: the tale of an authentic human being / Olga Slavnikova; translated by Marian Schwartz.

Other titles: Bessmertnyæi. English

Description: New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. | Series: Russian library

Identifiers: LCCN 2018022924 (print) | LCCN 2018027118 (ebook) | ISBN 9780231546416 (electronic) | ISBN 9780231185943 (cloth: alk. paper) | ISBN 9780231185950 (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Veterans—Russia (Federation)—Fiction. | Perestroæika—Fiction. | Soviet Union—Politics and government—1985-1991—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PG3488.L35 (ebook) | LCC PG3488.L35 B4713 2018 (print) | DDC 891.73/5—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018022924

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