Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov
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Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov by Robert Chandler
Includes tales such as 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.
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 *
Evoking the realm 'across thrice nine lands', [this book offers] us a richly imagined perspective on our own world * The Times Literary Supplement *
Elizabeth Chandler is a co-translator, with Robert Chandler, of Pushkin's The Captain's Daughter and several works by Andrey Platonov and Vasily Grossman.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780141442235 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141442239 |
| Title | Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov |
| Author | Robert Chandler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-12-06 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Prizes | Commended for Rossica Translation Prize 2014 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |