Merry-Making in Old Russia

• Utgivningsdatum: 1997-09-30
• Mått: 124 x 208 x 22 mm
• Vikt: 300 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Writings from an Unbound Europe
• Antal sidor: 218
• Förlag: Northwestern University Press
• ISBN: 9780810113268
• Översättare: Robert Porter

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Evgeny Popov was bornin 1946 in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Trained as a geologist, he made his literary debut in 1976 with the publication of two short stories. In 1979 he was expelled from the Soviet Writers' Union, having been allowed to join only a few months earlier. Until recent years he has been unread in the Soviet Union, while his short stories have been widely published in the West.Robert Porter is senior lecturer in Russian Studies at Bristol University. He has translated Popov's Soul of a Patriot, also published by Northwestern University Press.

""[H]ilarious, gloomy, absurd. . . . Popov fits easily into the Russian and Soviet tragicomic tradition: his triumph in these matter-of-fact tales lies in his ability to point out the absurdities in late-Soviet reality while making the absurd seem real."" --Publishers Weekly|""An improbably charming collection . . . from a contemporary storyteller who seems to have appropriated the raffish comic spirit of Russia's famed chronicler of small-town amorality and mayhem , the late Mikhail Zoshchenko . . . An extremely entertaining book."" --Kirkus Reviews|""Popov demonstrates with skill and compassion the fine line that exists between humor and pain. . .This work is highly recommended for all literature collections."" --Library Journal""Popov is a latter-day Gogol."" --Publishers Weekly

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