russian-american fiction/memoirs

[Howard Turner]

God Lives in St Petersburg (Tom Bissell--collection of short stories, many about Americans in FSU)

Howard Turner


--- On Mon, 9/6/08, Howard Turner <howard_s_turner at YAHOO.CO.UK> wrote:

> From: Howard Turner <howard_s_turner at YAHOO.CO.UK>
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] russian-american fiction/memoirs
> To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
> Date: Monday, 9 June, 2008, 2:58 PM
> Sarah,
> 
> To state the obvious:
> 
> Pnin, Ada (Nabokov)
> In Search of Melancholy Baby (Aksyonov)
> It's Me, Eddie (? and His Butler) (Limonov)
> Little Golden America (Ilf and Petrov)
> (is there something by Mayakovsky?)
> 
> Libra (Don DeLillo)
> 
> Howard Turner
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 9/6/08, Sarah Clovis Bishop
> <sbishop at WELLESLEY.EDU> wrote:
> 
> > From: Sarah Clovis Bishop
> <sbishop at WELLESLEY.EDU>
> > Subject: [SEELANGS] russian-american fiction/memoirs
> > To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
> > Date: Monday, 9 June, 2008, 2:43 PM
> > This fall I am teaching a new writing-based course for
> > first-year students
> > on the theme of "Russians in America; Americans
> in
> > Russia."  (I've used
> > "Russians" here for simplicity's sake,
> but I
> > am interested in all citizens
> > of Russia, and perhaps some other former Soviet
> republics).
> >  I'm primarily
> > interested in issues of culture shock and
> acculturation.
> > I've found some great material (primarily recent
> > texts), but before I
> > finalize my syllabus, I'd love to hear your
> suggestions
> > for 20th-21st
> > century texts (short stories, memoirs, novels, films)
> that
> > deal with
> > Americans' experience of Russia or Russians'
> > experience of America.  They
> > need to be available in English.
> > Thanks in advance!
> > Sarah
> > 
> > Sarah Clovis Bishop
> > Russian Department
> > Wellesley College
> > sbishop at wellesley.edu
> > 781-283-2448
> > 
> >
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