Moscow tales / stories translated by Sasha Dugdale ; edited by Helen Constantine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dugdale, Sasha.

Constantine, Helen, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Russian--Translations into English.

Short stories, Russian.

Moscow (Russia)--Fiction.

Moscow (Russia).

Moscow (Russia)--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presenting stories which represent each layer of the city of Moscow, from the centre of power to the outer rings of desolate estates and tumbledown shacks, this fascinating collection offers a lively and varied portrait in fiction of Russia's mysterious capital city. The collection includes works by Russian authors ranging from Anton Chekhov and Yuri Koval to Larisa Miller and Marina Boroditskaia, collating nineteeth- and twentieth-century tales, as well those written bycontemporary authors. The stories are intriguingly varied --an account of life in the city's infamous high security prison, a

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Picture Credits; General Introduction; Introduction; Musa; A Couple in December; Kashtanka; The Red Gates; Transition; Poor Liza; Scar; Lady with a Little Dog; Moscow; From Lefortovo to Khamovniki; My Pushkin; Very Proper Nouns; Clean Monday; Tsar or Prince...; Underground Sea; Notes on the Stories; Further Reading; Publisher's Acknowledgements; Map

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-150838-1

0-19-150837-3