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Russian short stories from Pushkin to Buida

By Robert , Chandler

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Year
2005
ISBN
9780141910246, 0141910240, 9781101489642, 1101489642
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2030604 bytes)
Series
Penguin classics
Pages
xix, 396\0
Time added
2020-11-29 04:17:23

Description

From the reign of the Tsars in the early 19th century to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, the short story has long occupied a central place in Russian culture. Included are pieces from many of the acknowledged masters of Russian literature - including Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Solzhenitsyn - alongside tales by long-suppressed figures such as the subversive Kryzhanowsky and the surrealist Shalamov. Whether written in reaction to the cruelty of the bourgeoisie, the bureaucracy of communism or the torture of the prison camps, they offer a wonderfully wide-ranging and exciting representation of one of the most vital and enduring forms of Russian literature.

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