fun quasi-Slavist summer reading

[James Beale]

On the subject of fun quasi-Slavist summer reading.  I recently received a
review copy of a novel, The Secret History of Moscow, written by a Russian
émigré, now teaching botany here in the US.  My own background is political
science and security affairs, so my knowledge of Russian folklore is pretty
weak.  The book set in perestroika era Moscow revolves around a secret
underground world beneath Moscow, where the mythical creatures of folklore
and history have taken refuge.  The two worlds meet with tragic and unusual
results.

James Beale
Russia Online, Inc.

http://www.russia-on-line.com
Tel: 301-933-0607   FAX: 301-933-0615

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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Kristi Groberg
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 11:04 AM
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] fun quasi-Slavist summer reading


At 09:58 AM 6/2/2008, you wrote:
>Dear colleagues,
>
>I want to recommend a recent novel by an author from my neighborhood
>-- its heroine is a beginning Russian professor, working on a 
>(made-up) nineteenth-century novelist and his intriguing wife.  It 
>adds some new twists to the body of novels about Russian 
>professors... maybe suggests a comparative AATSEEL panel topic?
>
>Rachel Pastan, LADY OF THE SNAKES (Harcourt, 2008)


Thanks for this, Sibelan.  A few years back (okay ,more than a few), 
I read and enjoyed Karen Karbo's Tresspassers Welcome Here, about a 
west coast Russian Department and its graduate students.  It's 
hysterically funny.  Kris

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