Walpurgis Night, or the Steps of the Commander

Author:   Venedikt Erofeev ,  Marian Schwartz
Publisher:   Yale University Press
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9780300159868


Pages:   152
Publication Date:   24 June 2014
Format:   Paperback
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The first major English translation of a masterful seriocomic theatrical work by one of the most prominent writers of the Soviet epoch Walpurgis Night, by acclaimed Russian writer Venedikt Erofeev, is considered a classic in the playwright’s homeland. Erofeev’s dark and funny five-act satire of Soviet repression has been called the comic high-water mark of the Brezhnev era. Walpurgis Night dramatizes the outrageous trials of Lev Isakovich Gurevich, an alcoholic half-Jewish dissident poet confined by the state to a hospital for the insane. In “Ward 3”—a microcosm of repressive Soviet society—Gurevich deploys his brilliant wit and ingenuity to bedevil his jailers, defend his fellow inmates, protest his incarceration, and generally create mayhem, which ultimately leads to a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.

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Author:   Venedikt Erofeev ,  Marian Schwartz
Publisher:   Yale University Press
Imprint:   Yale University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 19.70cm
Weight:   0.168kg
ISBN:  

9780300159868


ISBN 10:   0300159862
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   24 June 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Walpurgis Night is a burning drink of a play made from equal parts violence and comic relief ... Schwartz's translation is impeccable. Her attention to the brutality of Erofeev's language, his comedic timing, and the sounds of words as they are spoken will likely make the work a classic outside of Russia. -Ethan Alexander Perets, Words Without Borders -- Ethan Alexander Perets Words Without Borders


Walpurgis Night is a burning drink of a play made from equal parts violence and comic relief ... Schwartz's translation is impeccable. Her attention to the brutality of Erofeev's language, his comedic timing, and the sounds of words as they are spoken will likely make the work a classic outside of Russia. -Ethan Alexander Perets, Words Without Borders -- Ethan Alexander Perets Words Without Borders Finalist for the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL), for the 2015 Best Translation into English category. -- Best Translation into English AATSEEL


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Venedikt Erofeev (1938–1990) was prominent in the Russian postmodernism movement and a major literary figure in Soviet underground culture. His prose poem, Moscow to the End of the Line, has been translated into numerous languages. Marian Schwartz is a prizewinning translator of Russian fiction, history, biography, criticism, and fine art.

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