<p>Bronka. An annotated Russian reader is intended for Low Intermediate and Intermediate-level students of Russian (B1-B2). "Bronka" is a powerful coming-of-age story about a schoolgirl growing up in a communal apartment in Moscow in the years following World War II, and how she copes with her cramped living quarters, boorish neighbors, and the surrounding dismal realities of 1940s urban life in Moscow. Drawing on her inner strength, Bronka manages to escape the oppressive circumstances of her teenage years, and ultimately finds love and fulfillment. But her unusual path to happiness remains the central mystery of this extraordinary tale. "Bronka" is an excellent literary text for students of Russian language, literature, and culture. The reader provides ample support for the learner, including marginal glosses, historical-cultural, and grammatical commentaries, as well as a range of exercises on word-formation, vocabulary building, and participles.</p>

Bronka. An Annotated Russian Reader (Level B1-B2, Intermediate)

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James S. Levine

Lyudmila Ulitskaya

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Russia Online

The reader introduces an important literary work to students of Russian literature and culture, and serves as an excellent text for Russian language learners. The exercises in the reader focus on verbs of motion and verbs of position - a major topic in learning Russian! The Old Woman is a uniquely strange and multifaceted work that will engage the reader in many respects. On one level, it is absurdist literature used to great humorous effect. Its illogical, nonsensical, and fantastical situations recall the surreal humor in the works of Lewis Carroll. On another level, the story, completed in 1939 following Stalin's purges and the Great Terror, can be read as political allegory, obliquely conveying the repressions, violence, and brutality of Soviet Russia of the time. The Old Woman is an innovative imaginative work that is at once disturbing, darkly funny, and thought provoking.

The Old Woman. An Annotated Russian Reader with Exercises on Verbs of Motion (B1-B2)

Daniil Kharms

iLearnRussian Publishers, an imprint of Russia Online, Inc.

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McGraw–Hill Education

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