... always happy Dr. Kalinkow

The great, international novel by Anna Karnikova in a completely new European edition, historically critical revised by James T. Stevens, who also was responsible for the introductory essay and the additional information in a comprehensive appendix. The tragic live of always happy Dr. Kalinkow ist the story of an individual, embedded in the turmoil and destiny of an epoch at the turning point to a new era that may be the scary-tasting future of man. Affected by the horror of the occurrence, but always deliberately committed to a profoundly humane stream of narrative, Anna Karikova unfolds the panorama of story that is perhaps only comparable to the epic depth of Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago: the tragedy of a struggle for happiness, the unattainability of love. Concussive, intimate and precise, told with immensely powerful language.