Richard Pevear
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Series
Language
English
Description
Presents a satirical drama about Satan's visit to Moscow, where he learns that the citizens no longer believe in God. He decides to teach them a lesson by perpetrating a series of horrific tricks. Combines two distinct yet interwoven parts, one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient Jerusalem
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, Last Witnesses is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of the memories of those who were children during World War II. These men and women were both witnesses and sometimes soldiers as well, and their generation grew up with the trauma of the war deeply embedded in them--a trauma that would forever change the course of the Russian nation. This is a new version of the war we're so familiar with....
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, War's Unwomanly Face is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of stories of women's experiences in World War II, both on the front lines, on the home front, and in occupied territories. This is a new, distinct version of the war we're so familiar with. Alexievich gives voice to women whose stories are lost in the official narratives, creating a powerful alternative history from the personal...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and...
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 277
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A collection of five short works by a nineteenth century Russian master
11) Dead souls
Author
Series
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A socially adept newcomer fluidly inserts himself into a Russian town, conquering first the drinkers, then the dignitaries as he buys up the dead 'souls' or serfs whose names still appear on the government census
12) The adolescent
Author
Series
Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf Inc.) volume 270
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
The illegitimate son of a Russian land owner and a peasant woman travels to Petersburg to confront his father in a tale of a youth finding his way in the disorder of Russian society in the 1870s
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Chekhov's genius left an indelible impact on every literary form in which he wrote, but none more so than short fiction. Now, renowned translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky give us their peerless renderings of fifty-two Chekhov stories--a full deck! These stories, which span the full arc of his career, reveal the extraordinary variety and unexpectedness of his work, from the farcically comic to the darkly complex, showing that there...