Russkie Skazki

[Edward M Dumanis]

Hope that Felix Krivin has not been forgotten.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Robert Chandler wrote:
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>
> 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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