| Pushkin's Children: Writing on Russia and Russians Contributor(s): Tolstaya, Tatyana (Author), Gambrell, Jamey (Translator), Guillermoprieto, Alma (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0618125000 ISBN-13: 9780618125005 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: These twenty pieces address the politics, culture, and literature of Russia with both flair and erudition. Passionate and opinionated, often funny, and using ample material from daily life to underline their ideas and observations, Tatyana Tolstaya's essays range across a variety of subjects. They move in one unique voice from Soviet women, classical Russian cooking, and the bliss of snow to the effect of Pushkin and freedom on Russia writers; from the death of the czar and the Great Terror to the changes brought by Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and Putin in the last decade. Throughout this engaging volume, the Russian temperament comes into high relief. Whether addressing literature or reporting on politics, Tolstaya's writing conveys a deep knowledge of her country and countrymen. Pushkin's Children is a book for anyone interested in the Russian soul. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Collections | European - General - Literary Collections | Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 891.734 |
| LCCN: 2002027610 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.47" W x 8.57" (0.73 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
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Contributor Bio(s): Guillermoprieto, Alma: - Alma Guillermoprieto, a Mexican journalist, has written extensively about Latin America for the British and American press. Her writings have been widely disseminated within the Spanish-speaking world. Tolstaya, Tatyana: - Tatyana Tolstaya is the author of two collections of stories and a novel, The Slynx. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, the New Republic, and other periodicals, as well as in the New York Review of Books, where most of the pieces in Pushkin's Children first appeared. After teaching at Princeton University and for many years at Skidmore College, she now lives in Moscow. |