The Exchange (Trifonov novel) explained

The Exchange (Russian: link=no|italics=yes|Обмен) is a novel by Yuri Trifonov. It is the first volume of Trifonov's cycle of Moscow novels written in "urban prose", and portraying the everyday lives of Muscovite dwellers.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Trifonov The Old Man 0810115719 - 1999 notes p.274 - Richard Lourie, New York Times Book Review YURI TRIFONOV (1925-81) is widely regarded as a major Russian writer ... In the 1960s he began the series of works — "The Exchange," Taking Stock, The Long Goodbye, Another Life, and The ...