Bai Ganyo : incredible tales of a modern Bulgarian / Aleko Konstantinov ; edited by Victor A. Friedman ; translated by Victor A. Friedman ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Konstantinov, Aleko, 1863-1897.

Contributor:

Friedman, Victor A.

Standardized Title:

Baĭ Ganʹo. English

Language:

Bulgarian

English

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xi, 160 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2010]

Summary:

A comic classic of world literature, Aleko Konstantinov's 1895 novel Bai Ganyo follows the misadventures of rose-oil salesman Ganyo Balkanski ("Bai" is a Bulgarian title of intimate respect) as he travels in Europe. Unkempt but endearing, Bai Ganyo blusters his way through refined society in Vienna, Dresden, and St. Petersburg with an eye peeled for pickpockets and a free lunch. Konstantinov's satire turns darker when Bai Ganyo returns home--bullying, bribing, and rigging elections in Bulgaria, a new country that had recently emerged piecemeal from the Ottoman Empire with the help of Czarist Russia. Bai Ganyo has been translated into most European languages, but now Victor Friedman and his fellow translators have finally brought this Balkan masterpiece to English-speaking readers, accompanied by a helpful introduction, glossary, and notes. Winner, Bulgarian Studies Association Book Prize Finalist, Foreword Magazine 's Multicultural Fiction Book of the Year Winner, John D. Bell Book Prize, Bulgarian Studies Association Best Books for Special Interests, selected by the American Association for School Libraries Best Books for High Schools, selected by the American Association for School Libraries Best Books for Special Interests, selected by the Public Library Association

ISBN:

9780299236946

0299236943

9780299236939

0299236935

OCLC:

455871622