Kazus Kukotskogo - Russian Edition Author:Ljudmila Evgenʹ, evna Ulickaja Spans several decades of Soviet life. Pavel Kukotsky, the scion of a long line of physicians and a gynecologist and obstetrician himself, has a gift: He can see the insides of his patients. His X-ray vision affords him unique diagnostic and healing powers, but suffers when he eats too hearty of a breakfast and disappears for as much as several d... more »ays after he makes love. Upon discovering this, Kukotsky relinquishes earthly pleasures until he falls in love with a patient after seeing her intestines, marries her and adopts her daughter, Tanya. The private and tortured life stories of these characters form the backbone of Ulitskaya's novel.« less