RUSSIAN BOOKS

[Anna Dranova]

I print books in Russia and distribute lesser-known small-press editions that I believe are unusually creative and original. The titles listed here might be of some interest to SEELANGS scholars, teachers, and librarians.

Gabriel Choreb, Hogtown: English translation of Gavriil Khorev’s Master i Marmeladov (“Beresta,” Karacharovo, 1998) – of interest to all admirers of Bulgakov. A Russian view of academia in America. The faculty at a small American college must compete for a pay raise when the college is visited by Woland & Co. ISBN 0-936041-11-0 [paper] $16.95

Solomon Gromyko, ed., Russian Stories: a new anthology of Russian classics in English translation: Queen of Spades, “Taman,” The Nose, First Love, Dream of a Ridiculous Man, Death of Ivan Ilyich, “Vanka” and “Sleep
” (Chekhov), Babel’s “Pan Apolek” and “The King,” The Gentleman from San Francisco. ISBN 0-938618-00-8 [paper] $14.95

Ivan Ivanovich Bomzh, Tiazhelo-zvonkoe skakanie. Zapiski Bomzha (o Mastere I Margarite): reprint of the Russian edition (“Beresta,” Karacharovo, 1998). Remarkable illustrations by St. Petersburg artist Aleksandr Tiumirov.  Amazing graphic method of highlighting nuances of Bulgakov's craft. ISBN 0-938618-07-5 [paper, large format] $21.95

Vasily Shukshin, Kalina krasnaia: the only edition containing the actual filmscript.  This edition (Corvus, St. Petersburg, 1994) also contains the kinopovest’ (the story that was cut up and pieced together with penned alterations to create the filmscript). Only 1000 copies printed. A stressed reader designed to assist students in viewing the film version of Kalina krasnaia. ISBN 5-7921-0010-1 [hard cover] $14.95

Iu. I. Marmeladov, Tainyi kod Dostoevskogo, this Academy of Sciences edition was printed in only 1000 hardbound copies (St. Petersburg, 1992).  It traces the leitmotif of Elijah the Prophet throughout the major fiction of Dostoevsky, with three chapters devoted to Bunin, Goncharov and Ostrovskii. ISBN 5-8460-0005-3 [hard cover] $15.95

F. M. Dostoevsky, The Landlady: new translation with new commentary based on the recent discoveries of Yuri Marmeladov (The Birchbark Press, Karacharovo, 2002). ISBN 0-938618-01-6 [paper] $12.95

F.M. Dostoevskii, Polnoe sobranie sochinenii (kanonicheskie teksty), vols. 1-4, Petrozavodsk State University, V. N. Zakharov, ed. This new edition of Dostoevsky’s fiction corrects errors and restores the punctuation and othography that was intended by the author. (Soviet editions standardize spelling and punctuation according to norms that were foreign to Dostoevsky.) New commentaries. The complete fiction will occupy 13 volumes. Volumes 5 and 7 are scheduled for printing in December, 2002. See Professor Zakharov’s online concordance to the complete fiction of Dostoevsky: http://www.karelia.ru/~Dostoevsky/dostconc/alpha_e.htm  [hard cover, high-quality paper and binding]  $19.95 per volume

Andrei Belyi, Peterburg, reprint of the 1922 Berlin edition with extensive new commentary, illustrations. Hardbound deluxe edition for the 2003 St. Petersburg 300-year jubilee. In press. $38.95  Advance orders: $28.95

R. Mann, The Dionysian Art of Isaac Babel: a recent study of Babel’s use of classical mythology and Nietzsche’s theory of Apollo and Dionysus (Barbary Coast Books, Berkeley, 1994). ISBN 0-936041-08-0 [paper] $15.95

Jay MacPherson et al., The Brothers Karamazov
 an Unorthodox Guide: a new commentary on The Brothers Karamazov incorporating the latest scholarship. ISBN 0-93618-02-4  [paper] $15.95.

Piatoe koleso: a video program about Russian folk and religious beliefs reflected in the fiction of Dostoevsky.
Features Natalya Antonova.  Aired by Leningrad Television in 1991. $40.00

Telekur’er: videotaped productions by the popular Leningrad TV journal featuring Natasha Antonova and music by Sergei Samoilov.  Zany, creative reports from the last years of Perestroika, a boom period in Russian TV journalism. $40.00

Clemens Starck, Studying Russian on Company Time: a poetry anthology, mostly in English, by the gifted West Coast poet, author of Journeyman’s Wages (awarded the Oregon Book Prize). Clem Starck’s poetry is replete with humor, irony and creative twists. ISBN 1-878851-13-6 [paper] $8.95

Shipping in USA: $4.00 first title plus $.50 for each additional title.
Make checks payable to Anna Dranova.

Anna Dranova, 6221 Dania Street, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418.
Telephone: 561-748-4333
E-mail: woland98 at email.com

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