Russkie Skazki

[Lila W. Zaharkov]

At 09:22 PM 08/25/2007, you wrote:
>Hope that Felix Krivin has not been forgotten.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>
>
>On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Robert Chandler wrote:
>............/snip/............
>>
>>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
>Hi1  This bo0ok will be of great use. Can you include any stories about 
>Lenin And stalin on the flying carpet?
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