Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov

Name: Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780141442235
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Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov is a captivating anthology that delves into the rich and mystical folklore of Russia. The collection features a variety of enchanting stories by notable authors, blending elements of magic, mythical creatures, and fairy-tale-like narratives. These tales reflect the diverse cultural heritage and profound imagination found in Russian literature, offering readers a glimpse into a world where the extraordinary is intertwined with the everyday.
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Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov

Includes tales such as young women go on long and difficult quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds.

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Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov is a unique and enchanting collection of Russian folk tales collected over the last two centuries.

In these tales, young women embark on long and difficult quests, wicked stepmothers transform children into geese, and tsars pose dangerous riddles. Characters receive help or face obstacles from magical beings such as dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds.

Half of these tales are genuine oral stories, collected by folklorists over the past two hundred years. The others are reimagined versions by four great Russian writers: Alexander Pushkin, Nadezhda Teffi, Pavel Bazhov, and Andrey Platonov.

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Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov is praised as a unique and beautifully edited collection that is essential for anyone interested in Russian culture, according to the Spectator. The Times Literary Supplement highlights how the book transports readers to a captivating realm, providing a richly imagined perspective on familiar aspects of our own world.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141442235

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 December 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

Translated by Robert Chandler
Introduction by Robert Chandler
Translated by Sibelan Forrester
Translated by Elizabeth Chandler
Translated by Anna Gunin
Translated by Olga Meerson
Translated by Elizabeth Chandler
Translated by Olga Meerson
Translated by Robert Chandler

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 364g

Pages: 496

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Education & Reference General Fiction Non-Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Science & Nature

About the Author

Robert Chandler is a poet and translator. His translations from Russian include Aleksandr Pushkin's Dubrovsky and The Captain's Daughter, Nikolay Leskov's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate and The Road. With his wife Elizabeth and other colleagues he has co-translated numerous works by Andrey Platonov; Soul won the 2004 American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages award for best translation from a Slavonic language, as did his translation of The Railway by the contemporary Uzbek novelist Hamid Ismailov. His Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida is published in Penguin Classics.