Dal kolchoz di Ovečkin a La casa di Matrëna: i derevenščiki e Solženicyn

The article contextualizes the publication of the story by A. Solženicyn La casa di Matrëna focusing on affinity and differences with the works of the so-called "peasant prose". After reconstructing the evolution of peasant prose as a specific phenomenon that emerged in the second half of the 1950s, the author analyzes the reasons that prevent the inclusion of Solženicyn's story among the works of the derevenščiki