'The Captain's Daughter' in English + Russkie Skazki

[Robert Chandler]

Dear all,

First: ŒThe Captain¹s Daughter¹ got badly delayed by the printers, but
copies have at last reached me.  They should be on sale in the USA by the
end of September.  MANY THANKS to everyone on this list who helped me with
my numerous questions!

Second: I am editing, and largely translating, a collection of RUSSIAN
MAGICAL TALES that will be published by Penguin Classics as a companion
volume to my short story anthology.  I shall be including both narodnye
skazki and avtorskie skazki.  Probably about 3/4 of the book will be made up
by stories from Afanasyev, the adaptations of these that Andrey Platonov
published in the late 1940s, and stories by Pavel Bazhov.  And there will be
some Pushkin.  And probably some of Aleksey Tolstoy¹s versions of skazki.

I¹ve read some of Petrushevskaya¹s skazki but am not especially impressed by
anything I have read yet.  I may include one or two stories from a volume
called ŒTelefonnye skazki¹ by Marina Boroditskaya.  And I shall certainly
include a story by Yuri Buida, already published in English as ŒPorcelain
Feet¹.

I¹ll be very grateful for any suggestions as to what else I should include:
lesser known stories from Afanasyev or other folk tale collections, works by
Silver Age writers, Soviet writers, contemporary writers... I am more
interested in avtorskie skazki that have at least some relationship, however
oblique, to traditional skazki ­ but will probably jettison this principle
if I come across anything outstanding.

It often seems to be most helpful if people recommend works they genuinely
love! 

Best Wishes,

Robert

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