1st Edition
Present Imperfect Stories By Russian Women
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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The selections in this Anthology overturn Soviet-era taboos with a vengeance. First published in the aftermath of Mikhail Gorbachev's liberalizing reforms, these stories revel in the basic commonalities of human experience even as they reassert a peculiarly Russian belief in the spiritual, mystical, and supernatural. They satirize Soviet literary canons while exploring a full gamut of styles, from... Read more
Introduction -- March 1953 -- Piggy -- Conscience Deluded -- The Three "Loves" of Masha Peredreeva -- The Game -- Witch's Tears -- Steps -- A Marriage of Convenience -- Cabiria from the Bypass -- Kozlov's Nights
Biography
Ayesha Kagal is Moscow correspondent for the Times of India. Natasha Perova is editor of the acclaimed Slavic literary journal Glas and lives in Moscow. Helena Goscilo is professor of Slavic languages, literatures, and cultures at the University of Pittsburgh.
