Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov

Informationen zum Autor Robert Chandler Klappentext For fans of fairy tales and the literary supernatural: a unique collection of Russian short stories from the last 200 years In these folk tales, young women go on long and perilous 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. Some of the stories here were collected by folklorists during the last two centuries, while the others are reworkings of oral tales by four of the greatest writers in Russian literature: Nadezhda Teffi, Pavel Bazhov, Andrey Platonov, and Alexander Pushkin, author of Eugene Onegin , the classic Russian novel in verse. Among the many classic stories included here are the tales of Baba Yaga, Vasilisa the Beautiful, Father Frost, and the Frog Princess. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. This is a unique, beautifully edited book: an essential addition to the library of any Russophile Spectator Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Chandler, Robert Chandler, Sibelan Forrester
• Assisted by: Elizabeth Chandler (Editor), Robert Chandler (Editor), Robert Chandler (Introduction), Chandler Robert (Introduction), Elizabeth Chandler (Translation), Robert Chandler (Translation), Chandler Robert (Translation), Sibelan Forrester (Translation), Forrester Sibelan (Translation), Anna Gunin (Translation), Gunin Anna (Translation), Olga Meerson (Translation), Meerson Olga (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.12.2012
• EAN: 9780141442235
• ISBN: 978-0-14-144223-5
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 199 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors), LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Russian & Former Soviet Union, Folklore, myths & legends, Classic fiction, Anthologies: general, Folklore, myths and legends, Anthologies (non-poetry)