An archaeologist by training, Peter Aleshkovsky spent many years restoring monasteries in Northern Russia.
He is the author of Stargorod, a cycle of 30 narratives about provincial Russia, and three other novels: Seagull, Vladimir Chigrintsev (a neo-gothic novel shortlisted for the 1996Booker Russian Novel Prize, see excerpt in Glas 1 6),and Harlequin (about 18th-century poet Trediakovsky).
Skunk: A Life was shortlisted for the Booker Russian Novel Prize in 1994.
Издание на английском языке. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Skunk: A Life (Peter Aleshkovsky)