50 Writers: An Anthology of 20th Century Russian Short Stories

Academic Studies Press, 2011.

New Book.

Item #6019
ISBN: 9781936235223

Paperback. 792 pages.

Condition: very good, minor defects of the book cover.

The largest, most comprehensive anthology of its kind, this volume brings together significant, representative stories from every decade of the 20th century. It includes the prose of officially recognized writers and dissidents, both well-known and neglected or forgotten, plus new authors from the end of the 20th century. The selections reflect the various literary trends and approaches to depicting reality in the 20th century: traditional realism, modernism, socialist realism, and post-modernism. Taken as a whole, the stories capture every major aspect of Russian life, history and culture in the 20th century. The rich array of themes and styles will be of tremendous interest to students and readers who want to learn about Russia through the engaging genre of the short story.

Introduction, commentaries and translation by Valentina Brougher, Mark Lipovetsky, Frank Miller.

Price: $49.00