|
|
|||
|
||||
Awards
OverviewA unique and enchanting collection of Russian folk tales collected over the last two centuries In these tales, young women go on long and difficult quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds. Half the tales here are true oral tales, collected by folklorists during the last two centuries, while the others are reworkings of oral tales by four great Russian writers- Alexander Pushkin, Nadezhda Teffi, Pavel Bazhov and Andrey Platonov. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert Chandler , Elizabeth Chandler , Sibelan Forrester , Anna GuninPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Penguin Classics Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.360kg ISBN: 9780141442235ISBN 10: 0141442239 Pages: 496 Publication Date: 06 December 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a unique, beautifully edited book: an essential addition to the library of any Russophile Spectator This is a unique, beautifully edited book: an essential addition to the library of any Russophile * Spectator * Evoking the realm 'across thrice nine lands', [this book offers] us a richly imagined perspective on our own world * The Times Literary Supplement * Author InformationRobert Chandler is a poet and translator. His translations from Russian include Aleksandr Pushkin's Dubrovsky and The Captain's Daughter, Nikolay Leskov's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate and The Road. With his wife Elizabeth and other colleagues he has co-translated numerous works by Andrey Platonov; Soul won the 2004 American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages award for best translation from a Slavonic language, as did his translation of The Railway by the contemporary Uzbek novelist Hamid Ismailov. His Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida is published in Penguin Classics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |