a funny book, anyone?

[Paul B. Gallagher]

[Overriding Susan Bauckus' private Reply-To setting so the rest of the 
list can also benefit]

Susan Bauckus wrote:

> I can contribute a partial answer to Amarilis' question about whether
> the humorous books mentioned in the recent thread are available in
> English. Dovlatov's "Ours" is a series of sketches/stories, each
> devoted to a family member, including one about his dog. It's out of
> print but available used at Amazon and hopefully elsewhere as well.
> It's all terrific but the story about how he met his wife (The
> Colonel Says I Love you, Russian title: Polkovnik govorit, ljublju)
> deals also with life as a Soviet-era dissident, emigration, and
> immigration, and reading it makes you happy to be alive.

For those who know Czech, /The Good Soldier Švejk/ is said to be 
excellent, and it was part of the inspiration for Heller's /Catch 22/. 
Of course it's been translated several times, but Slavicists will want 
to get the full flavor of the original.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Soldier_Švejk>

-- 
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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