The_Kukotsky_Enigma
The Kukotsky Enigma (Russian: Казус Кукоцкого) is a novel by acclaimed[1] Russian novelist and public intellectual Lyudmila Ulitskaya. The Kukotsky Enigma won the 2001 Russian Booker Prize.[2] With five, Ulitskaya holds the record for the most nominations for that prestigious award. In 2005, a television series based on the novel by director Yuri Grymov was aired in Russia. Critics suggest that the book's focus on abortion (from 1936 to 1955 it was allowed in USSR only for medical reasons) offers a new reading of Stalinism through the lens of family life and the female body.[3]