The stories translated in this fascinating anthology reveal the peculiarly Russian world of fantasy: conversations among corpses in a graveyard; a skeleton bounding up to its undertaker at a party; a dead man's account of the wasteland of the afterlife; a woman disappearing into a mirror to become the refleciton within. Are these really incursions into other worlds, or are the characters quite simply mad? Marily Minto gives brief biographical details for each author along with an analysis of the story, providing both general readers and students of Russian literature with a basis on which to build their own interpretations
Edited by:
Marilyn Minto Imprint: Bristol Classical Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 256g ISBN:9781853992254 ISBN 10: 1853992259 Pages: 216 Publication Date:01 January 1998 Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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ELT Advanced
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A / AS level
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
'The Coffin-Maker' by Alexander Pushkin 'St. John's Eve' by Nikolai Gogol 'The Ghost' by Vladimir Odoevsky 'Stoss' by Mikhail Lermontov 'The White Eagle (A Ghost Story)' by Nikolai Leskov 'Bobok' by Fyodor Dostoevsky 'A Song of Triumphant Love' by Ivan Turgenev 'Between Life and Death' by Aleksey Apukhtin 'In the Mirror' by Valery Bryusov 'The Grand Slam' by Leonid Andreyev