| Pushkin's Second Wife and Other Micronovels Contributor(s): Druzhnikov, Yuri (Author), Moore, Thomas (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0720613000 ISBN-13: 9780720613001 Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2007 Annotation: In this heartfelt collection of stories Druznhikov describes life in Russia before and after the collapse of Communism as well as the plight of Russian emigres in the USA in post - communist times. A tour guide is so in love with Pushkin that she lives with his wooden effigy, a businessman intent on enjoying his Kaif, a teacher informed that he wants to retire, a taxi driver taking his daughter along with him on his rounds. The characters to be found in this rambunctious volume are both recognizable and bizarre, capable of cowardly corruptions but also heroic honesties, oppressed and bewildered but also invigorated by the challenge that everyday life presents - whatever economic system they live under. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Cultural Heritage - Fiction | Biographical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008272120 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.2" W x 7.79" (0.62 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Short fiction from one of the great contemporary Russian writers.In this heartfelt collection of stories, life in Russia is vividly describedboth before and after the collapse of Communismas well as the plight of Russian emigres in the USA in post-communist times.From atour guide so in love with Pushkin that she lives with his wooden effigyanda businessman intent on enjoying his Kaif, to a taxi driver taking his daughter along with him on his rounds, the characters to be found in this rambunctious volume are both recognizable and bizarre, capable of cowardly corruptions but also heroic honesties, oppressed and bewildered but also invigorated by the challenge that everyday life presentswhatever economic system they live under." |
