Skazki

[Robert Chandler]

Dear Olga and all,

I had decided against Kodryanskaya, but I may be open to persuasion,
particularly if you name individual stories you especially love.

At present the only avtorskie skazki I am including are those by Pushkin,
Teffi, Bazhov and Platonov.  Everything else will be narodnye skazki from
Afanasyev, Khudyakov, Onchukov, Ozarovskaya, Karnaukhova, etc.  And I have
already found so much wonderful material in these collections that I am
reluctant to sacrifice it in order to include more avtorskie skazki.

I had, until recently, been meaning to include Shergin, but - for all the
liveliness of his language - I don't feel he shares Platonov's or Bazhov's
ability to penetrate into the heart of traditional skazki and somehow to
open them up, to reveal meanings that were already present but only
implicity.  

All the best,

Robert






> Dear Robert (Chandler), dear all,
> Robert, are you including any fairy-tales by Kodrianskaia ("Natalie Codray"),
> remizov's biographer but an excellent writer of fairy-tales in her own right?
> I admire her very much. Was fortunate enough to once write on her in the
> Encyclopedia of russian Women Writers, which gave me an opportunity to read
> all of her (with the illustrations of Natalya [also!] Goncharova).
> o  
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