NY Times on Avant-Garde Russian Art Collection in Nukuz, Uzbekistan
Stefani, Sara Marie
samastef at INDIANA.EDU
Wed Mar 9 17:46:24 UTC 2011
shape-shifter?
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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] on behalf of Edythe Haber [Edythe.Haber at UMB.EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 11:53 AM
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] NY Times on Avant-Garde Russian Art Collection in Nukuz, Uzbekistan
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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