FW: [SEELANGS] contemporary Russian fiction

[Robert Chandler]

Dear all,

I'd like to add Yuri Buida.  He is well translated by Oliver Ready, and some
of the stories in Prusskie Nevesti are very fine indeed. I included one
story in the anthology I did for Penguin Classics, 'Russian Short Stories
from Pushkin to Buida'.

I admire him for being able to write with real emotional depth, while
incorporating all the devices of post-modernism.

Best  Wishes,

Robert




> Dear all,
> Since a number of you asked that I post the responses to my query to the list,
> here's what I have thus far, and an ogromnoe spasibo to all who gave the
> suggestions (and Ben, who sent the syllabus!):
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> First, a source for contemporary translated texts that got the most mentions:
> Glas: New Russian Writing  http://www.glas.msk.su/ <http://www.glas.msk.su/>
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> Someone else mentioned a Russian literary site that lists its picks for
> contemporary fiction (as well as poetry and non-fiction)
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> http://www.openspace.ru/literature/projects/122/details/7202/page1/ - however,
> this won't tell you whether these texts been translated into English.
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> Specific titles that some of you suggested, both early and late post-Soviet:
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> Pelevin:  Yellow Arrow, Ontology of Childhood, Werewolf Problem in Central
> Russia (to this I would add Omon Ra, which my students always love).
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> Viktor Erofeev:  "Life with an Idiot"
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> Sorokin: A Business Proposition, Four Stout Hearts
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> Andrei Volos, Hurramabad
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> Vladimir Makanin: "Prisoner from the Caucasus"
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> Not surprisingly, a lot of women writers:
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> Petrushevskaia, The Time: Night
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> Vasilenko, Shamara
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> Ulitskaia: Angel; Funeral Party; Medea and her Children
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> Tolstaia.  The Slynx - several people suggested this one (although, in all
> fairness, I must say that I could barely finish it myself, so I'm not sure I
> want to put my poor students through this!  Apologies to all the Tolstaia fans
> out there.)
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> Nina Gabrielian:  "Master of the Grass"
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> Dina Rubina: "On Upper Maslovka"
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> Anastasiia Gosteva:  "Closed Americas"
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> One of you said "When it appears in English, Slavnikova's _2017_ ( Marian
> Schwartz is doing a translation)" and also her "Krylov's Childhood"
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> Other suggestions for "other" texts: Akunin, Marinina, Robski
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> THANK YOU TO ALL!
> Best, Lena
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> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list on
> behalf of Furman, Yelena
> Sent: Tue 1/6/2009 1:47 PM
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Subject: [SEELANGS] contemporary Russian fiction
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> Dear list members,
> As usual, I am appealing to your collective wisdom.  I am putting together my
> syllabus for an undergraduate course (i.e., readings in English) on Russian
> fiction from glasnost' to the present (including Petrushevskaia, Pelevin,
> Ulitskaia, possibly Makanin, Narbikova).  I am writing to ask for your
> suggestions for readings (novels or short stories) for the later part of the
> course, roughly from the mid/late 1990s to now.  And if anyone feels like
> sharing their own teaching experiences with any of the texts - what worked,
> what didn't, etc.- I'd love to hear about that too.  Please reply off-list:
> yfurman at humnet.ucla.edu
> Many thanks in advance, and happy New Year!
> - Yelena Furman
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