Anatolii Pristavkin has been generally regarded as a Soviet conformist writer who achieved a degree of prominence only after Gorbachev came to power (particularly with his novel
A Golden Cloud Spent The Night(
Nochevala tuchka zolotaia), which enjoyed widespread success). Before this he produced a good many narratives with, in Soviet terms, conventional themes concerning industrial production and wartime heroism. He could be considered a civic-minded liberal, but he never ventured into the dissident camp, never indulging in
samizdat(self-publication) or
tamizdat(publication only in the West). Viewing his
oeuvrein its entirety one glimpses an honest foot soldier of Russian literature, whose best work has raised poignant questions about his county’s past and its duties to future…
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Citation: Porter, Robert. "Anatolii Pristavkin". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 August 2014 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13362, accessed 04 December 2024.]