Mikhail Zoshchenko, Anton Chekhov, Lev Tolstoy, Vladimir Korolenko, Klaudia Lukashevich, Maxim Gorky, Teffi, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A Very Russian Christmas (eBook, ePUB)

The Greatest Russian Holiday Stories of All Time

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of short Christmas stories by some of Russia's greatest nineteenth and twentieth century authors-several appearing in English for the first time. Running the gamut from sweet and reverent to twisted and uproarious, this collection offers a holiday feast of Russian fiction. Dostoevsky brings stories of poverty and tragedy; Tolstoy inspires with his fable-like tales; Chekhov's unmatchable skills are on full display in his story of a female factory owner and her wretched workers; Klaudia Lukashevitch delights with a sweet and surprising tale of a childhood in White Russia; and Mikhail Zoshchenko recounts madcap anecdotes of Christmas trees and Christmas thieves in the Soviet Era-a time when it was illegal to celebrate the holiday in Russia. There is no shortage of imagination, wit, or vodka on display in this collection that proves, with its wonderful variety and remarkable human touch, that nobody does Christmas like the Russians.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Vessel Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781939931443
• Artikelnr.: 45992131

Autorenporträt

Piero Brunello is a professor at the University of Venice. Lena Lencek is a professor at Reed College in Portland, Oregon.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist and philosopher whose works examined the human psyche of the nineteenth century. Dostoyevsky is considered one of the greatest writers in world literature, with titles such as Crime and Punishment; Notes from Underground, one of the first existential novellas ever written; and Poor Folk, Russia's first "social novel."

Inhaltsangabe

Incomplete Table of Contents:
Lev Tolstoy: Dream of the Young Tsar
Lev Tolstoy: Where There is Love, There is God Too
Fyodor Dostoevsky: A Christmas Tree and a Wedding
Fyodor Dostoevsky: A Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree
Anton Chekhov: A Woman's Kingdom
Anton Chekhov:: The Boys
Anton Chekhov: At Christmastime
Klavdia Lukashevich: A Distant Christmas Eve
Mikhail Zoshchenko: The Tree
Mikhail Zoshchenko: My Last Christmas
Vladimir Korolenko: Makar's Dream
Nikolai Leskov: Offended Before Christmas
Daniil Kharms: Volodya at the Tree
Mikhail Saltykov Shchedrin: A Christmas Story