Book description
From the reign of the Tsars in the early 19th century to the collapse
of the Soviet Union and beyond, the short story has long occupied a
central place in Russian culture. Included are pieces from many of the
acknowledged masters of Russian literature - including Pushkin,
Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Solzhenitsyn - alongside tales by
long-suppressed figures such as the subversive Kryzhanowsky and the
surrealist Shalamov. Whether written in reaction to the cruelty of the
bourgeoisie, the bureaucracy of communism or the torture of the prison
camps, they offer a wonderfully wide-ranging and exciting representation
of one of the most vital and enduring forms of Russian literature.
Robert Chandler has translated Sappho and Apollinaire for 'Everyman's
Poetry'. His translations from Russian include Pushkin's Dubrovsky,
Leskov's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate.
With his wife Elizabeth and other colleagues he has co-translated
numerous works by Andrey Platonov; two of these - Happy Moscow and
Soul - were shortlisted for the Weidenfeld European Translation Prize;
another - The Macedonian Officer - won second prize in the 2004 John
Dryden Translation Prize.
Robert Chandler has translated Sappho and Apollinaire for
'Everyman's Poetry'. His translations from Russian include Pushkin's
Dubrovsky, Leskov's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Vasily Grossman's Life
and Fate. With his wife Elizabeth and other colleagues he has
co-translated numerous works by Andrey Platonov; two of these - Happy
Moscow and Soul - were shortlisted for the Weidenfeld European
Translation Prize; another - The Macedonian Officer - won second prize
in the 2004 John Dryden Translation Prize.
