Glas New Russian Writing 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 1996 Booker 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.