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Book The Twelve Chairs

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ilʹi︠a︡ Ilʹf
  • Publisher : Northwestern University Press
  • Release : 2011-10-30
  • ISBN : 0810127725
  • Pages : 575 pages

Download or read book The Twelve Chairs written by Ilʹi︠a︡ Ilʹf and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-30 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long recognized as a timeless comic masterpiece--it inspired a Mel Brooks film a half century after its publication--The Twelve Chairs appears now in a lively new translation by Anne O. Fisher. Fisher, the most gifted interpreter of Ilf and Petrov in the English language, balances fidelity to the text and the authors' characteristic, deeply resonant humor.

Book The Twelve Chairs

    Book Details:
  • Author : Илья Ильф
  • Publisher : Litres
  • Release : 2020-04-02
  • ISBN : 5042442294
  • Pages : 495 pages

Download or read book The Twelve Chairs written by Илья Ильф and published by Litres. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Предлагаем вниманию читателей знаменитый роман советских писателей первой половины XX века Ильфа и Петрова «Двенадцать стульев», написанный в 1927 году.История о двух искателях сокровищ – Остапе Бендере и его «напарнике» Кисе Воробьянинове, – стала поистине «народной классикой».Бендер, «великий комбинатор», использует множество известных ему «честных» способов присвоения чужих денег, обладает потрясающим обаянием и является одним из самых популярных героев литературы XX века.Роман публикуется на английском языке и будет интересен широкому кругу читателей.

Book Reference Guide to Russian Literature

Download or read book Reference Guide to Russian Literature written by Neil Cornwell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Red Star Tales

    Book Details:
  • Author : Yvonne Howell
  • Publisher : Russian Life Books
  • Release : 2015-10-01
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 551 pages

Download or read book Red Star Tales written by Yvonne Howell and published by Russian Life Books. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a century, most of the science fiction produced by the world’s largest country has been beyond the reach of Western readers. This new collection aims to change that, bringing a large body of influential works into the English orbit. A scientist keeps a severed head alive, and the head lives to tell the tale… An explorer experiences life on the moon, in a story written six decades before the first moon landing... Electrical appliances respond to human anxieties and threaten to crash the electrical grid… Archaeologists discover strange powers emanating from a Central Asian excavation site… A teleporting experiment goes awry, leaving a subject to cope with a bizarre sensory swap… A boy discovers the explosive truth of his father’s “antiseptic” work, stamping out dissent on distant worlds… The last 100 years in Russia have seen an astonishing diversity and depth of literary works in the science fiction genre, by authors with a dizzying array of styles and subject matter. This volume brings together 18 such works, translated into English for the first time, spanning from path-breaking, pre-revolutionary works of the 1890s, through the difficult Stalinist era, to post-Soviet stories published in the 1980s and 1990s.

Book Literary Second Cities

Download or read book Literary Second Cities written by Jason Finch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together geographers and literary scholars in a series of engagements near the boundaries of their disciplines. In urban studies, disproportionate attention has been given to a small set of privileged ‘first’ cities. This volume problematizes the dominance of such alpha cities, offering a wide perspective on ‘second cities’ and their literature. The volume is divided into three themed sections. ‘In the Shadow of the Alpha City’ problematizes the image of cities defined by their function and size, bringing out the contradictions and contestations inherent in cultural productions of second cities, including Birmingham and Bristol in the UK, Las Vegas in the USA, and Tartu in Estonia. ‘Frontier Second Cities’ pays attention to the multiple and trans-national pasts of second cities which occupy border zones, with a focus on Narva, in Estonia, and Turkish/Kurdish Diyarbakir. The final section, ‘The Diffuse Second City’, examines networks the diffuse secondary city made up of interlinked small cities, suburban sprawl and urban overspill, with literary case studies from Italy, Sweden, and Finland.

Book Gender and Sexuality in Russian Civilisation

Download or read book Gender and Sexuality in Russian Civilisation written by Peter I. Barta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender and Sexuality in Russian Civilisation considers gender and sexuality in modern Russia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Chapters look individually at gender and sexuality through history, art, folklore, philosophy or literature,but are also arranged into sections according to the arguments they develop. A number of chapters also consider Russia in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods. Thematic sections include: *Gender and Power *Gender and National Identity *Sexual Identity and Artistic Impression *Literary Discourse of Male and Female Sexualities *Sexuality and Literature in Contemporary Russian Society

Book Lonely Planet Russia

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  • Author : Lonely Planet
  • Publisher : Lonely Planet
  • Release : 2018-03-01
  • ISBN : 178701942X
  • Pages : 1219 pages

Download or read book Lonely Planet Russia written by Lonely Planet and published by Lonely Planet. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 1219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Russia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Brush up on your Soviet and imperial history in Moscow and St Petersburg, explore European Russia and its gingerbread cottages and golden domes, or lose yourself in the wilds of Siberia and the east; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Russia and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet’s Russia Travel Guide: Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, art, literature, music, architecture, performing arts, landscape, wildlife, environment, religion, Russia today Covers Moscow, St Petersburg, the Golden Ring, Kaliningrad, the Urals, Volga, Sochi, Caucasus, Siberia, the Russian Far East, and more eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Russia, our most comprehensive guide to Russia, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled. Looking for a guide focused on Moscow or St Petersburg? Check out Lonely Planet’s Moscow and St Petersburg guides for a comprehensive look at all these cities have to offer; or Pocket Moscow & St Petersburg for a handy-sized guide focused on the can’t-miss sights for a quick trip. Travelling further afield? Check out Lonely Planet’s Trans-Siberian Railway, focused on the can’t-miss sights for a trip of a lifetime, or Eastern Europe, for extensive coverage of the whole region. About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Book Russian Writers Since 1980

Download or read book Russian Writers Since 1980 written by Marina Balina and published by Dictionary of Literary Biograp. This book was released on 2004 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the highly diverse and controversial literary and cultural life in Russia during the last twenty years of the past century. Major shifts on the political scene influenced Russian literature of these past two decades. Literature managed to find in the political and historical turbulence of this period a source of powerful artistic insight.

Book Spatial Revolution

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christina E. Crawford
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2022-02-15
  • ISBN : 1501759205
  • Pages : 447 pages

Download or read book Spatial Revolution written by Christina E. Crawford and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spatial Revolution is the first comparative parallel study of Soviet architecture and planning to create a narrative arc across a vast geography. The narrative binds together three critical industrial-residential projects in Baku, Magnitogorsk, and Kharkiv, built during the first fifteen years of the Soviet project and followed attentively worldwide after the collapse of capitalist markets in 1929. Among the revelations provided by Christina E. Crawford is the degree to which outside experts participated in the construction of the Soviet industrial complex, while facing difficult topographies, near-impossible deadlines, and inchoate theories of socialist space-making. Crawford describes how early Soviet architecture and planning activities were kinetic and negotiated and how questions about the proper distribution of people and industry under socialism were posed and refined through the construction of brick and mortar, steel and concrete projects, living laboratories that tested alternative spatial models. As a result, Spatial Revolution answers important questions of how the first Soviet industrialization drive was a catalyst for construction of thousands of new enterprises on remote sites across the Eurasian continent, an effort that spread to far-flung sites in other socialist states—and capitalist welfare states—for decades to follow. Thanks to generous funding from Emory University and its participation in TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem), the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.

Book Gender and Sexuality in Russian Civilization

Download or read book Gender and Sexuality in Russian Civilization written by Peter I. Barta and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender and Sexuality in Russian Civilisation considers gender and sexuality in modern Russia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Chapters look individually at gender and sexuality through history, art, folklore, philosophy or literature,but are also arranged into sections according to the arguments they develop. A number of chapters also consider Russia in the Soviet and post-Soviet periods. Thematic sections include: *Gender and Power *Gender and National Identity *Sexual Identity and Artistic Impression *Literary Discourse of Male and Female Sexualities *Sexuality and Literature in Contemporary Russian Society

Book Re reading Soviet and Post Soviet Texts

Download or read book Re reading Soviet and Post Soviet Texts written by Natalia Baschmakoff (Slawistin.) and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Twentieth century Literary Criticism

Download or read book Twentieth century Literary Criticism written by Gale Research Company and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpts from criticism of the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, and other creative writers, 1900-1960.

Book Other Animals

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jane T. Costlow
  • Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
  • Release : 2010-08-15
  • ISBN : 0822973723
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book Other Animals written by Jane T. Costlow and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lives of animals in Russia are intrinsically linked to cultural, political and psychological transformations of the imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet eras. Other Animals examines the interaction of animals and humans in Russian literature, art, and life from the eighteenth century until the present. The chapters explore the unique nature of the Russian experience in a range of human-animal relationships through tales of cruelty, interspecies communion and compassion, and efforts to either overcome or establish the human-animal divide. Four themes run through the volume: the prevalence of animals in utopian visions; the ways in which Russians have incorporated and sometimes challenged Western sensibilities and practices, such as the humane treatment of animals and the inclusion of animals in urban domestic life; the quest to identify and at times exploit the physiological basis of human and animal behavior and the ideological implications of these practices; and the breakdown of traditional human-animal hierarchies and categories during times of revolutionary upheaval, social transformation, or disintegration.From failed Soviet attempts to transplant the seminomadic Sami and their reindeer herds onto collective farms, to performance artist Oleg Kulik's scandalous portrayal of Pavlov's dogs as a parody of the Soviet "new man," to novelist Tatyana Tolstaya's post-cataclysmic future world of hybrid animal species and their disaffection from the past, Other Animals presents a completely new perspective on Russian and Soviet history. It also offers a fascinating look into the Russian psyche as seen through human interactions with animals.

Book Zoshchenko and the Ilf Petrov Partnership

Download or read book Zoshchenko and the Ilf Petrov Partnership written by Lesley Milne and published by University of Birmingham. This book was released on 2003 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Russian Novelists in the Age of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky

Download or read book Russian Novelists in the Age of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky written by J. Alexander Ogden and published by Dictionary of Literary Biograp. This book was released on 2001 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a detailed portrait of the styles, concerns, and historical involvement of the novel in Russia in the second half of the nineteenth century; representing an artistic range from master stylists, to those who were more a part of popular culture and are important as a reflection of the flavor of the era rather than as artistic exemplars.

Book Russian Prose Writers Between the World Wars

Download or read book Russian Prose Writers Between the World Wars written by Christine Rydel and published by Dictionary of Literary Biograp. This book was released on 2003 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of political, economic, and social conflict the opposition between ideas and actions characterizes the literary atmosphere in Russia between the world wars. Writers during this period were drawn to tradition or progress, individual freedom orcollective responsibility, free imaginations or tendentious templates, creativity or conformity, energy or entropy.

Book Contemporary Russian Literature

Download or read book Contemporary Russian Literature written by Prince D. S. Mirsky and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: