Untranslated Russian novels that should be

[Perova Natasha]

Glas published one story by Gorenstein in English translation:
GORENSTEIN, Friedrich, Bag in Hand, tr. Andrew Bromfield, Glas 38 
("Captives"), p.233
The book is out of print but can be found in good libraries.

When Gorenstein was alive I tried to find him a US publisher but the answer 
was that his novels are too long and complicated and unless there is a 
generous grant the project is unrealizable. Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky might 
have got the same response today if they tried to get published for the 
first time.

Natasha Perova
Glas New Russian Writing
tel/fax: (7)495-4419157
perova at glas.msk.su
www.glas.msk.su

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marat Grinberg" <grinberm at REED.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Untranslated Russian novels that should be


> On 7/10/11 8:43 AM, Howard Turner wrote:
>> Dear All,
My own candidate would be Psalom(1975) by Fridrikh Gorenshtein, which in my
>> opinion is a wonderful book--among other things a reply to Dostoevsky 
>> (and
>> Bulgakov) from a Jewish standpoint  and a cosmic drama projected onto the
>> author's own experiences as a hungry and  abandoned child.  I've shared 
>> some
>> further thoughts about it with the Internet at  http://wp.me/pBfTB-GI .
>>
>>
>> I also have a couple of questions about the book that SEELANGS may know 
>> the
>> answer to:
>>
>> --is there any obvious reason it was never translated into English? 
>> (There are
>> French and German translations.)
>> --I have the  feeling I read something about a translation into Hebrew, 
>> but
>> can't find any trace of one.  Does anyone know if there is one?
>>
>> Thanks again for your help
>>
>>   Howard Turner

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