Fiction suggestions

[Paul Richardson]

Yelena (and others):

May I humbly recommend our quarterly journal, Chtenia, which I believe  
is the only regularly published journal of Russian fiction in English  
translation. Each issue features 10-12 fresh translations of Russian  
fiction and non-fiction, all centered around a chosen theme. The  
majority of the selections are fiction and are a good mix of  
contemporary and classic writers. So we have Slavnikova alongside  
Gogol, Sorokin alongside Tolstoy... A good way for students to get a  
taste of a wide swath of literature and then follow up on someone they  
discover there.

To see past tables of contents or to subscribe or order back issues,  
go to:

http://www.chtenia.com

Thanks,

Paul Richardson

On Jan 9, 2009, at 1:00 AM, SEELANGS automatic digest system wrote:

>> 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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