The portable twentieth-century russian reader pdf download

A little uneven. Maybe the editor had favorites because some authors get much more space for no reason I can discern. Still, Nabokov's 'The Return of Chorb' is one of my favorites and there's a small, but decent selection from Isaac Babel who is awesome. This anthology doubled my list of favorite Russian authors when I first read it. Aug 03, Brad Cramer rated it liked it Shelves: history.

Very interesting look into Russian literature shorts. Gives you an appreciation for the Russian mindset at the turn of the century. You have to wonder how many popular authors were actually in favor of communism. Worth the time to read. Fantastic selection.

My favorite was the novella "Envy" by Yuri Olesha - a dark, deranged, beautiful satire. So many good stories beyond this as well, with only a couple of misses I wasn't terribly interested in the Isaac Babel. Aug 27, Heidi rated it really liked it. Trying to read more Russian writers led me to pick this up at the library. Wish there were more women included, but a great selection from Tolstoy to Soviet era writers like Solhensitsyn.

Poetry too. Also, helpful biographical information. One beef: Osip Mandelstam's biography never mentions his wife, Nadezhda, while HER biographical section is almost entirely about him, their writing together, and their marriage. Sep 20, Lachlan rated it really liked it. An excellent selection, with particularly memorable stories from Babel, Platonov, and Shalamov, not to mention the full text of Olesha's impossible to find Envy!

Mayakovsky, Bulgakov, and Esenin are surprisingly omitted, while Tolstoy and Chekhov are dragged out of the nineteenth century into the first chapters. I do admit enjoying Gorky's recollections of Tolstoy, however. This collection also does well in bringing attention to lesser known late-soviet authors.

Oct 11, Michelle Hallett rated it it was amazing. A superb collection which introduced me to some of my favourite writers. My battered copy often travels with me. Standouts include Bulgakov and Shalamov. Jul 05, Caty rated it it was amazing.

Mar 18, John Braden rated it it was amazing. Great collection. Will prompt further reading by authors found here. The satire, "Circle of Friends", about Stalin and his sycophants is laugh-out-loud funny and scary at the same time. Sep 29, Acapulco rated it liked it.

Excellent selection of works, but with a couple of exceptions a little too bite-sized. Got the vague sense that the editor seems to look down on "official" Soviet literature, and misses a lot of the classics. Feb 04, Chris rated it liked it Shelves: emigre , russian-stuff , short-stories , soviet , thought-provoking , compilation.

Examined here are first the experimental writings of the early years of the twentieth century--Rozanov, Remizov, and Bely; second, the unique autobiographical statements of the mids through the early s--Mandelstam, Pasternak, Olesha, and Zoshchenko; and finally, the diverse and vital contemporary writings of the s through the s as exemplified not only by creative writers but also by scholars, by Soviet citizens as well as by emigrs--Trifonov, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Lydia Ginzburg, Nabokov, Jakobson, Sinyavsky, and Limonov.

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The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, ruled over by the all-powerful 'Benefactor', the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState live out lives devoid of passion and creativity - until D, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul.

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Clarence Brown's brilliant translation is based on the corrected text of the novel, first published in Russia in after more than sixty years' suppression. How to grasp it? This classroom reader is designed to respond to that problem. The literary works selected for inclusion in this anthology introduce the core cultural and historic themes of Russia's civilisation. Each text has resonance throughout the arts - in Rublev's icons, Meyerhold's theatre, Mousorgsky's operas, Prokofiev's symphonies, Fokine's choreography and Kandinsky's paintings.

This material is supported by introductions, helpful annotations and bibliographies of resources in all media. The reader is intended for use in courses in Russian literature, culture and civilisation, as well as comparative literature. Moss Publisher: Anthem Press ISBN: Category: History Page: View: Moss has significantly revised his text and bibliography in this second edition to reflect new research findings and controversies on numerous subjects.

He has also brought the history up to date by revising the post-Soviet material, which now covers events from the end of up to the present day. This new edition retains the features of the successful first edition that have made it a popular choice in universities and colleges throughout the US, Canada and around the world.

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They will whet the appetite of readers interested in penetrating beyond the canonical texts of Russian literature.