NY Times on Avant-Garde Russian Art Collection in Nukuz, Uzbekistan

[Edythe Haber]

Dear SEELANGtsy,
 
I am having trouble finding the English equivalent for the word oboroten'.  Russian-English dictionaries I have consulted translate it as werewolf, but that clearly does not fit the context of the text I'm working on:  a 1938 play by Teffi, in which emigres are called oborotni, since they keep changing identities -- their names, nationalities, professions, etc.  Ozhegov defines the word as:  "chelovek, sposobnyi prevrashchat'sia v kogo-chto-n. s pomoshch'iu volshebstva" -- in other words,  not only into wolves.  I can't seem to come up with an English word denoting this.  I'd much appreciate your help.
 
Thanks,
Edie Haber

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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list on behalf of Benjamin Rifkin
Sent: Tue 3/8/2011 9:48 AM
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Subject: [SEELANGS] NY Times on Avant-Garde Russian Art Collection in Nukuz, Uzbekistan



Dear SEELANGers:

This article may be of interest to many in our community:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/arts/design/desert-of-forbidden-art-igor-savitsky-collection-in-nukus.html?_r=1

Best wishes to all,

Ben Rifkin
The College of New Jersey



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