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Fandango & other stories / Alexander Grin ; translated by Bryan Karetnyk.
LIBRA PG3476.G68 A2 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grin, A. (Aleksandr), 1880-1932, author.
- Series:
- Russian library (Columbia University. Press)
- Russian library
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, Russian--20th century--Translations into English.
- Short stories, Russian.
- Genre:
- Translations.
- Short stories, Russian.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 300 pages ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Fandango and other stories
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Russian.
- Summary:
- "In a bucolic idyll, a terrorist agonizes over the act of violence he is about to commit. On a remote island in the South Pacific, the investigation of a case of mass suicide reveals further mysteries. In a far-flung colony, a cynical trio sends an unwitting man into the wilderness in search of a chimera. Mixing romance and high adventure, intrigue and the fantastic, these magnificent tales by one of Russia's most enduringly popular writers deftly probe the depths of human nature and desire. Fandango and Other Stories presents a selection of essential short fiction by Alexander Grin, Russia's counterpart to Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, and Alexandre Dumas. By turns a sailor, a dockworker, a vagrant, a gold prospector, a lumberjack, a soldier, a deserter, an agitator, an exile, a prisoner, and a runaway, Grin wrote seven novels and over three hundred short stories that transport the reader to a realm of pure art and imagination. His ingenious plots explore conflicts of the individual and society in a romantic world populated by a cast of eccentric, cosmopolitan characters. Fandango and Other Stories presents works drawn from across the entirety of Grin's varied career to encompass the range and sophistication of his writing"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction / by Barry P. Scherr
- Quarantine
- She
- Lanphier colony
- The devil of the orange waters
- The poisoned island
- Heart of the wilderness
- The rat-catcher
- Fandango.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Grin, A. (Aleksandr), 1880-1932. Short stories. Selections. English. Fandango and other stories.
- ISBN:
- 9780231189767
- 0231189761
- 9780231189774
- 023118977X
- OCLC:
- 1110659653
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