The Widows of Russia and Other Writings (Ardis Russian Literature Series)

Literature & Fiction

Proffer, Carl R.

Contemporary

ARDIS

The only translation of Bulgakov's entire first collection of short stories, works which range from the surreal to science-fiction to parody. 
 Contents: Diaboliad, The Fatal Eggs, "No. 13, the Elpit-Rabkommun Building," "A Chinese Tale," and "The Adventures of Chichikov."

Diaboliad: And Other Stories (Ardis Russian Literature)

Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasevich

Proffer, Ellendea

Short Stories & Anthologies

Acclaimed in both Russia and the West as Russia's greatest poet of the 20th century, Osip Mandelstam was also a brilliant writer of prose. These autobiographical essays, reviews, and personal reflections reveal the themes of his finest poems and of his life in Stalinist Russia: the nature of history, both as it is lived and as it is later constructed; the continuity and destruction of cultural tradition, and the essence of poetry itself.

The Complete Critical Prose (Ardis Russian Literature Series)

MANDELSHTAM, ÓSIP

Nikolai Gogol is one of the geniuses of Russian prose and Russia's greatest comic writer. This compilation of Gogol's uncollected writings (the majority appearing in English for the first time) spans the years from his debut in 1829 to 1842, the year of his masterpiece, Dead Souls. The Gogol presented in this volume fills out our appreciation of the enigmatic writer. Included are his first book, the verse idyll Hanz Kuechelgarten; his important play about a play, Leaving the Theater; his longest polemical essay, 'On the Trend of Journal Literature'; as well as other previously untranslated essays, book reviews and letters.

Hanz Kuechelgarten, Leaving the Theater and Other Works

Nikolái Gógol

History & Criticism

Glasnost

Goscilo, Helena

One of the most important Russian playwrights of the nineteenth century, Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886) is credited with bringing realism to the Russian stage. Contemporary of Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy and precursor to Chekhov, he was a keen sociological observer, often exposing abuses of power, landing him in trouble with the censors again and again. He wrote 47 original plays and began the tradition of acting today associated with Stanislavsky. Ostrovsky’s plays were written with performance in mind and with a masterful use of colloquial language. To this day they are a much-performed part of the Russian repertory.   This volume collects four of Ostrovsky’s key plays, each from a different decade―A Profitable Position, An Ardent Heart, Without a Dowry, and Talents and Admirers, and is rounded out by the translator’s introduction, an afterword for each play, an extensive bibliography, and complete list of Ostrovsky’s works.

Without a Dowry

Ostrovsky, Alexander

Blockade Diary

Blockade Diary is a first person account of the Siege of Leningrad from1941-1942 where over a million civilians died. The siege of Leningrad claimed over a million civilian lives. For 872 days between 1941 and 1944, residents of Leningrad starved and scavenged, and the result was a humanitarian catastrophe with few historical parallels. Elena Kochina was thirty–four when the blockade began, and reasonably prosperous―she had a job, a loving family, and an active cultural life. All of this was promptly effaced, and Blockade Diary is the record what happened next. Her book goes inside the horror to reveal the blockade in its totality. But this is far more than a catalogue of suffering and starvation: Blockade Diary is a testament to selfishness and moral collapse, but also a tribute to generosity and courage. This remarkable book reveals humanity at its best and worst.

Elena Kochina

An essay on the poetry of Osip Mandelstam: God's grateful guest

Text: English, Polish (translation)

An Essay on the Poetry of Osip Mandelstam: God's Grateful Guest

Przybylski, Ryszard

What Is to Be Done?

Nikolai Chernyshevsky

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