Author : Mikhail Kuraev
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 27,50 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780822314158
Presents translations of three novellas, Captain Dikshtein, Night Patrol, and Petra on His Way to the Heavenly Kingdom, by the contemporary Russian screenwriter Kuraev. Though most of his settings are in the 1950s and 1960s, he is highly concerned with the effect of the Stalin era on modern Russia. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Neil Cornwell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1013 pages
File Size : 49,66 MB
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1134260709
First Published in 1998. This volume will surely be regarded as the standard guide to Russian literature for some considerable time to come... It is therefore confidently recommended for addition to reference libraries, be they academic or public.
Author : Malachai Nicolle
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 17,29 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 161655245X
Follows the adventures of Axe Cop as he teams up with the ever-changing Flute Cop, recruits new members to his team, fights supernatural villains throughout the universe, and answers e-mail questions from fans.
Author : Mary Wentworth Newman
Publisher :
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 10,93 MB
Release : 1887
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Author : Ben Kane
Publisher : Orion
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 14,40 MB
Release : 2021-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1398705993
From Sunday Times Bestselling author Ben Kane comes a collection of short stories: Sands of the Arena Can a wet-behind-the-ears gladiator survive a bloody contest ordered by Emperor Caligula? The Shrine Centurion Tullus discovers that Fate will always hold him in her grip. The Arena Legionary Piso's much anticipated payday plays out very differently than he expected. Eagles in the East Caught up in a bloody rebellion, Centurion Tullus battles to keep his men alive. Eagles in the Wilderness Bored with retirement, Centurion Tullus takes service with an amber merchant, voyaging to unknown, dangerous lands far beyond the empire. Hannibal: Good Omens History's most famous general seeks the gods' approval before his war with Rome. The March Romulus and Tarquinius travel to the ends of the earth, searching for their lost friend Brennus.
Author : Grazia Deledda
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 33,47 MB
Release : 2023-03-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1915568218
The ancient traditions of Sardinia feature heavily in this early collection. The stories collected in The Queen of Darkness, published in 1902 shortly after Deledda’s marriage and move to Rome, reflect her transformation from little-known regional writer to an increasingly fêted and successful mainstream author. The two miniature psycho-dramas that open the collection are followed by stories of Sardinian life in the remote hills around her home town of Nuoro. The stark but beautiful countryside is a backdrop to the passions, misadventures and injustices which shape the lives of its rugged but all too human inhabitants. Graham Andersopn's translation was longlisted for The Women in Translation Prize.
Author : Charles Albert Curtis
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 18,64 MB
Release : 1902
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Author : Van G James
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 18,29 MB
Release : 2011
Category :
ISBN : 0557641489
Author : Boris Noordenbos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,77 MB
Release : 2016-06-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1137593636
This book examines a wide range of contemporary Russian writers whose work, after the demise of Communism, became more authoritative in debates on Russia’s character, destiny, and place in the world. Unique in his in-depth analysis of both playful postmodernist authors and fanatical nationalist writers, Noordenbos pays attention to not only the acute social and political implications of contemporary Russian literature but also literary form by documenting the decline of postmodern styles, analyzing shifting metaphors for a “Russian identity crisis,” and tracing the emergence of new forms of authorial ethos. To achieve this end, the book builds on theories of postcoloniality, trauma, and conspiracy thinking, and makes these research fields productively available for post-Soviet studies.
Author : Sinclair Ross
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 48,28 MB
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0776617230
Heralded as a prairie writer and best known for As For Me and My House and for his stories of the bleak dust bowl Prairies of the Great Depression, Sinclair Ross has also written of urban life and, briefly, of army life, as the stories in this collection demonstrate. The Race and Other Stories includes previously uncollected short stories and a chapter from Whir of Gold, here title "The Race," which stands on its own as a short story. Furthermore, "Spike," published in French in Liberté in 1969, appears here for the first time in English. Ross's taut, economical, rhythmic prose reflects the bleak, spare landscape of the prairie. The concerns of his novels are equally evident in his stories: loneliness and alienation, the sense of entrapment, the imaginative and artistic struggle. This collection of stories will be of interest to those who wish to better understand one of Canada's most respected writers and the diversity that can be found in his writings.
