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Title 21 : Russian short prose from the odd century / edited and with an introduction by Mark Lipovetsky
Published Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2019

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Series Cultural syllabus
Contents Solovyov's trick / Nikolai Baitov, translated by Maya Vinokur -- The street / Evgeny Shklovsky, translated by Jason Cieply -- Smirnov / Vladimir Sorokin, translated by Maya Vinokour -- Evgenia's genius / Nikolai Kononov, translated by Simon Schuchat -- Verkhovsky and son / Leonid Kostiukov, translated by Maya Vinokur -- A search / Sergei Soloukh, translated by Margarita Vaysman and Angus Balkham -- Shady business / Margarita Khemlin, translated by Maya Vinokur -- The victim / Elena Dolgopiat, translated by Jason Cieply -- Amadeus / Kirill Kobrin, translated by Veronika Lakotova -- Tongue / Pavel Peppershtein, translated by Bradley Gorski -- The sparrow / Aleksandr Ilichevsky, translated by Bradley Gorski -- Roaming / Stanislav Lvovsky, translated by Bradley Gorski -- Alkonost / Valery Votrin, translated by Maya Vinokur -- A little stick ; 1:38 a.m. ; No such thing ; Come on ; It's funny : The foundling ; We can't even imagine heights like that ; The cyst / Linor Goralik, translated by Maya Vinokur -- Priceart / Aleksey Tsvetkov Jr., translated by Sofia Khagi -- The reaper of leaves / Polina Barskova, translated by Catherine Ciepiela -- Salad olivier / Lara Vapnyar -- Argun / Arkady Babchenko, translated by Nicholas Allen -- Lugo Lagar, or Duck throat ; The new shoes / Denis Osokin, translated by Simon Schuchat -- Where the truth is / Mariia Boteva, translated by Jason Cieply -- Ivan Grigoriev / Marianna Geide, translated by Simon Schuchat
Summary "This collection of Russian short stories from the 21st century includes works by famous writers and young talents alike, representing a diversity of generational, gender, ethnic and national identities. Their authors live not only in Russia, but also in Europe and the US. Short stories in this volume display a vast spectrum of subgenres, from grotesque absurdist stories to lyrical essays, from realistic narratives to fantastic parables. Taken together, they display rich and complex cultural and intellectual reality of contemporary Russia, in which political, social, and ethnic conflicts of today coexist with themes and characters resonating with classical literature, albeit invariably twisted and transformed in an unpredictable way. Most of texts in this volume appear in English for the first time. 21 may be useful for college courses but will also provide exciting reading for anyone interested in contemporary Russia"--Publisher
Analysis Aleksandr Ilichevsky
Aleksey Tsvetkov Jr
Arkady Babchenko
Denis Osokin
Elena Dolgopyat
Evgeny Shklovsky
Kirill Kobrin
Lara Vapnyar
Leonid Kostyukov
Linor Goralik
Margarita Khemlin
Maria Boteva
Marianna Geide
Nikolai Baitov
Nikolai Kononov
Pavel Pepperstein
Polina Barskova
Russia
Russian culture
Russian fiction
Russian literature
Russian short stories
Russian writers
Sergei Soloukh
Short stories
Stanislav Lvovsky
Valery Votrin
Vladimir Sorokin
contemporary Russia
contemporary fiction
diversity in writing
early 21st century
fiction
literature in translation
prose
short fiction
twenty first century
twenty-first century
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Subject Russian prose literature -- 21st century
LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Russian & Former Soviet Union.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Russian & Former Soviet Union
Russian prose literature
Genre/Form Fiction
Fiction.
Romans.
Form Electronic book
Author Lipovet︠s︡kiĭ, M. N. (Mark Naumovich), editor, writer of introduction.
LC no. 2019018911
ISBN 164469056X
9781644690567
Other Titles Russian short prose from the odd century
Twenty one