Ocherki kommunal'nogo byta: Announcement

[Robert Chandler]

Dear Slava Paperno,

Thanks for mentioning Utekhin.

As regards your possible multimedia disk - let me mention that my
forthcoming anthology of Russian short stories (Penguin Classics, 2005) will
include my translation of several Zoshchenko stories, including
'Electrification' and 'Crisis', and Joanne Turnbull's tr. of
Krzhizhanovsky's wonderful 'Quadraturin'.  I'm sure Penguin would allow you
to include these, or extracts from them, should you so wish.  (And if you
don't know 'Quadraturin', I can easily email it to you!

Best Wishes,

Robert Chandler

> "Ocherki kommunal'nogo byta" by Ilia Utekhin has just been added to the
> online catalog of Lexicon Bridge Publishers. It is a semiotic study of
> zhizn' v kommunal'noj kvartire, a uniquely Soviet and Russian experience.
> Many mysterious traits of Homo Soveticus are best observed and analyzed in
> that environment, and Dr. Utekhin of European University in St. Petersburg
> does that with superb perceptiveness and humor. Read about the book and
> order it at:
>
> http://lexiconbridge.com/apartment/
>
> Those who know my interests will immediate see why I'm fascinated:
> Utekhin's work is perfect for a multimedia disk, and yes, we want to
> produce one, with video, pictures, narration, texts... it is perhaps
> fortunate that we won't be able to include the smells of a kommunalka.
> We're at the planning stage, and any advice will be welcome. In the
> meantime, you should enjoy visiting Utekhin's Virtual Museum, in Russian, at:
>
> http://www.kommunalka.spb.ru/expo.htm
>
> Slava Paperno
>
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